COLLABORATE serves as the virtual meeting place for members of the National Archives education team in Washington, DC, and colleagues from schools, institutions, and organizations across the nation to share innovative ideas and best practices. These conversations will serve as a basis for an exciting new web site and will also offer important feedback and commentary on the site as it develops.

Introducing “DocsTeach”

August 24, 2009

Up to this point, we’ve repeatedly referred to “the new web site we’re building.”  Thanks to your ideas and lots of internal brainstorming, we can now call this site by its new name: “DocsTeach.”  It will feature:

  • the ability to use thousands of National Archives documents, not just those on exhibit but many more from our online catalog
  • lessons that connect to National History Standards, including Historical Thinking Skills as well as Historical Eras
  • lessons suited to both classroom instruction and individual student assignments
  • easily customizable templates that add an interactive component to any lesson
  • the potential for teachers to share and collaborate with each other and grow an online community
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