In Her Own Hand: The Gladys Arnold Project

Using Primary Sources & Archival Research

• Teaching with Primary Sources Collective (TPS Collective): A rich hub of resources for educators on how to use primary sources in the classroom across a range of subjects and grade levels.

• Teaching with Raw Primary Sources: The Value of Transcription: Thinking about assigning a transcription exercise to your students? This article from the Journal of the Civil War Era makes a compelling case for the educational value of transcription as a classroom activity.

Reading Cursive

• The Natural History Museum's How to decipher unfamiliar handwriting: A practical guide to reading historical handwriting, originally created to support volunteers transcribing the Wallace Letters collection. Useful for anyone looking to build confidence reading cursive and older script styles.

The History of Women in Journalism

• National Women's History Museum: Digital Classroom Resources: Lesson plans, biographies, primary sources, and more for exploring women's history in the classroom.

• Library of Congress: Women in the News Business: A curated research guide tracing the history of women in journalism, with links to primary sources and digitized newspaper collections.

• Twenty Pioneering Newspaperwomen in Canada: An overview of trailblazing women in Canadian print journalism.

Canada and the Second World War

• The Canadian War Museum's Educator Resources: A wide range of free resources including primary source materials, virtual exhibitions, lesson plans, and oral histories spanning Canada's involvement in the Second World War.

• Historica Canada: Second World War Education Guide: A teacher and student guide to Canada's involvement in WWII, covering significant historical themes and events, with activities designed to develop historical thinking skills applicable across existing units.

• Juno Beach Centre: From Vimy to Juno Lesson Plans: Free, bilingual, fully accessible lessons designed for high school students across Canada, covering Canadian identity, minority perspectives, and the Second World War using primary sources.

• The History Education Network (THEN/HiER): Primary Sources & Teaching Links: A curated collection of online archives, databases, and primary sources on significant topics in Canadian history, designed for teachers and student-teachers across a wide range of subjects. Includes selected resources on Canada and World War II.