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In the digitalized world, is it satisfactory for younger generations to learn world and its problems on the basis of a basal textbook among four walls of their classrooms? The internet and web sites are affecting all dimensions of our life very deeply. These innovations has changed the teacher's professional behaviors and instructional techniques in the modern classroom. After 1990's, the American Memory Project by the Library of Congress with its huge sources of primary and secondary materials began to affect the social studies education on both USA and other countries. The aim of this article is to introduce the American Memory Project conducted by the Library of Congress and its influence on social studies education. For this, I used document analysis method. In sum, this project can be a good example for Turkish libraries and schools on the way of partnership to teach social studies and history in the 21st century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]