The following databases give visual examples of children and childhood across cultures.
An archive of photos, images, video clips and audio files from the Associated Press. Also known as Associated Press Images Collection.
A public gateway to a world of primary sources, including those for teachers and lesson plans. More than 150,000 digitized items — including photographs, documents, newspaper pages, political cartoons, works of art, diaries, transcribed oral histories, advertising, and other unique cultural artifacts — reveal the diverse history and culture of California. There is a section titled: Especially for Teachers which gives information and links about teaching and learning with primary sources, including sample lesson plans, primary source analysis sheets, etc.
Europeana.eu is a digital library containing 2 million items, including images, texts, audio and video, from European museums, galleries, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections.
Distributes online educational videos including documentaries, films, interviews plus a range of short video series. The videos are arranged by collections: Arts, Business, Communication/Media, Education (K-12), Health, Humanities, Science. Note: SJSU students, staff, and faculty: You will be asked to authenticate on and off campus. Kanopy uses copyright protection and DRM technology to block video streaming over platforms like Zoom. As a result, screen sharing is not permitted for restricted titles—viewers must watch individually, either outside of class or on their own devices during class. When screen sharing via Zoom, only the presenter is authenticated, so others will see a blank screen.
Library of Congress Digital Collections contains photos, prints and drawings from earliest collections, 17th century to the present. The collection spans all aspects of life in the US and globally..
The following boxes contain links to digital objects that represent children and childhood across cultures.
All of our Education Databases from EBSCO allows you the ability to limit your search by photograph or images. You can find this on the opening search screen.
So you could search: Children and South Africa and limit the search to photographs and maps.
You can search Google for more authoritative pictures / digital objects by using advanced searching. For example:
at the Google Images search screen: https://images.google.com/ limit by government or educational institutions.
The search would look like: Children Algeria site:.edu
or Children Algeria site:.gov