The old version of Stanford History Education Group's US History curriculum site includes an introduction to inquiry focused US History curriculum and 75 primary source based lessons
Article discusses the theory behind "uncovering" history.
While the navigation is not completely intuitive, there are A LOT of primary sources with lesson ideas on this site.
27 topics, including "Primary sources by state", each with visual and textual sources and lesson plans
Primary sources can be browsed by topic or located by search.
Awesome collection of primary source music and recordings. Teachers can create and save playlists. I don't think music can be downloaded though.
Includes thousands of primary source documents, readings about how historians make use of evidence, and lesson plans
I found this book, which can be previewed online, very useful as a guide for uncovering history content. Lesh provides clear examples of how to structure primary source based lessons for US History classes. I have marked up copy.
March 2011 Stanford dissertation on the Reading Like a Historian Program
Inquiry and Primary source based lessons for US History.
Includes primary and secondary sources on the cold war. Extensive digital archive
From Ohio State University: primary source based lesson plans for European History, US History, and Historical Inquiry.
Rubrics for evaluating critical thinking with primary sources. I haven't looked at it closely yet, but partners include Stanford History Education Group and Library of Congress. All US History as a result
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Web resources to use in "uncovering" US History. Uncoverage requires students to do authentic historical work interpreting and analyzing primary sources.
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