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Primary Sources - The Basics
What is a Primary Source? (wikipedia) What is a Primary Source? Primary vs Secondary - Princeton Primary and Secondary - Ithaca College Library ALA Primary Sources on the Web [|Why Use Primary Sources?.pdf] Reading a Primary Source How to Distinguish Between Primary and Secondary Sources.

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Helpful Resources
Teaching With Documents- Peter Pappas Analysis Worksheets for Primary Source Documents Library of Congress Newsletter The Learning Curve History Matters - Making Sense of Various Primary Sources [|Analysis of Prints and Photographs.pdf] [|Analysis of Text Documents.pdf] [|Cartoon Analysis Guide.pdf] [|Document Organizer.pdf] [|News Article Analysis.pdf] [|Primary Source K-W-L.pdf] [|Thinking About Maps.pdf] [|Thinking About Poems.pdf] [|Thinking About Songs.pdf] More Guides Kathy Schrock - Navigating Primary Source Materials on the Internet

Lesson Plans
[|Blooms and Primary Sources.pdf] Introductory Lesson from Library of Congress Teaching With Documents - Lesson Plans from the National Archives Artifacts and Fiction - Primary Source Workshop in American Literature Thinkfinity Primary Source Learning Primary Source Materials and Document Based Questions

Black History Month Resources

Library of Congress
[|Quick Start Guide.pdf] [|The Learning Page] Using Primary Sources - For Teachers Flickr Pilot

Newspapers Citing Primary Sources

[|Searching and Saving Guide.pdf] Copyright and Primary Sources [|Copyright Guide.pdf] @America Memory

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Online Activities
Digital Vault Primary Access Eyewitness to History HSI Historical Scene Investigations World History

Search Thinkfinity Example Clue Within These Walls (Click on Go Back In Time)

Primary Source Sites
Calisphere Office of the Historian FREE Federal Resources Newseum Front Pages EuroDocs - Online Sources for European History Primary Source Documents for the Industrial Revolution Footnote - Documents by Decade, can be annotated Digital History Primary Sources on the Web Our Documents - 100 Milestone American Documents National American History Collections The American Presidency Project NationMaster - Global Statistical Information Shorpy Historical Photos Looking at the Holidays Through Primary Sources C-SPAN Classroom Resources The Avalon Project America's Historical Documents Milestone Documents Original Civil War Photos

Primary Source Projects
Primary Research - Bring History Closer to Home History Teacher's Attic Interviews Dear Daddy

Class Activities Using Primary Sources
Take an historical document and rewrite it for current times, a different audience, etc. Find a photograph and take the persona of someone in the photograph. Create an original piece (letter, poetry, etc.) written as that person. View several photos based on a theme (era, career, etc.) Create an original piece (letter, poetry, etc.) that reflects societal changes evident in those photos. Within a literary selection, justify the characters actions based on evidence found in primary source documents. Select a political cartoon and analyze the social, political and economic implications of it. Create a radio or tv broadcast that would be authentic and relevant to a certain time period, piece of literature, etc.