Barriers to Educational Use of Digitized Primary Source Documents: A Survey

Many primary sources are digitized and freely available on the Internet. This type of resource represents a valuable opportunity for many social studies educators. This paper reports on the findings of a survey designed to enquire into the use of this type of resource by educators at the middle and high school level. The survey data indicates that barriers to use include insufficient computer access in the classroom as well as time and curriculum constraints created by end of grade testing and North Carolina curriculum standards