Digital Vaults
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Not age appropriate for kids under 9, age appropriate for kids over 12; suggested age 12. -
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Common Sense says
Interactive tools, great graphics bring U.S. history alive.
On this site kids can: create and share content, do research, get homework help, post content, share their knowledge
Why We Rated This
for Ages 12 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About Digital Vaults
Parents need to know that this is a 21st century-style site for old-school report research, offering a modern twist to the treasure trove of documents stored at the National Archives in Washington D.C. Tween and teen students can search the site for images of historic documents, photos, and more on the site by keywords. They can also play a sophisticated history matching game and create their own online collections of documents, posters or even make their own movie with the images found here.
Read our full review by Dana Villamagna
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the role of technology in your kid's education. Consider hosting a workshop at your school about raising kids in a digital age.
- Discuss the role of the National Archives. Each of the 10 billion records housed there tells a story often hundreds of years old because it was written down or put on film. Related to that, each of the "records" (photos, documents, tweets) your teen places on the Internet tells their story and is recorded for a very long time. (This comparison may help them be more judicious about what they post on Facebook or MySpace). Read more about the importance of digital citizenship.

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