DocsTeach: from The National Archives Experience | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

"When we ask students to work with and learn from primary sources, we transform them into historians. Rather than passively receiving information from a teacher or textbook, students engage in the activities of historians — making sense of the stories, events and ideas of the past through document analysis.

Use DocsTeach activities for classroom demonstration, as full-class activities, as small-group activities, or as individual in-class or homework assignments. Manage activities in your account. Share both activities you find and those you create with your students on DocsTeach."

With many ready-to-use tools for teaching with documents and thousands of primary documents from the National Archives this site is rich with resources...

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