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Turn your students into historians with primary-source based activities that develop historical thinking skills.
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Jennifer Carey writes: "In this article, I am highlighting several websites that focus on providing primary sources for educators and students. These sites are all excellent resources for educators in the Social Studies with a broad range of topics: American History, World History, World Religions, Language, Literature, Art, and Politics." (Image via Wikimedia)
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Lots of resources here, many of which would work for middle school as well as high school.
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"The NEH Created Equal project uses the power of documentary films to encourage public conversations about the changing meanings of freedom and equality in America. The four films that are part of this project tell the remarkable stories of individuals who challenged the social and legal status quo, from slavery to segregation."
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Resources for teachers address inquiry-based learning and Common Core State Standards.
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Check out the lesson I created on Blendspace
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Resources for Bill of Rights 8th grade history project.
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The mission of the Bill of Rights Institute is to educate young people about the words and ideas of America’s Founders, the liberties guaranteed in our Founding documents, and how our Founding principles continue to affect and shape a free society. It is the goal of the Institute to help the next generation understand the freedom and opportunity the Constitution offers.
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Lesson plans, interactive games, and other resources for teachers and students.
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The United States Reading Like a Historian curriculum includes 71 stand-alone lessons organized within 11 units. These lessons span colonial to Cold War America and cover a range of political, social, economic, and cultural topics. Each lesson includes a 1-2 day plan that outlines the lesson’s activities and sets of adapted and modified documents along with guiding questions and graphic organizers to support student analysis, use of evidence, and development of historical claims. When appropriate, lessons also include original copies of documents. We encourage teachers to further adapt these lessons and materials for their particular classrooms.
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Great curriculum for inquiry-based learning!
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October 14, 2013 4:45 PM
Learning to read like a historian means asking questions of primary texts.
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Your assignment is to prepare to write an article to accompany the image you were given. Take time to carefully study the image details. Then brainstorm a list of questions you would need answered in order to write the article about this image.
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Great tie-in for our Picturing HIstory project
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These are some great tools. I'm definitely going to play with a few!
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For students who want to think like historians, these mnemonics would come in handy.
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The Common Core Learning Standards describe the importance of teaching students how to comprehend informational text. They are asked to read closely, make inferences, cite evidence, analyze arguments
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September 6, 2013 3:28 PM
Great resources for ELA or Social Studies teachers!
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"When I teach history, I look for the perspectives, the agenda, and the spin. I want students to know who’s telling the story and what they want us to believe. This is a challenge for students. It’s far easier to demand a right or a wrong answer."
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Alan November mentions this in his presentations. Ask students to research the Iranian hostage crisis using non-US sources. They first have to realize it wouldn't be called that in Iran.
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America in Class® is designed to promote the analytical skills called for in the Common Core State Standards for English language arts and literacy in history and social studies: identifying and evaluating textual evidence,determining central ideas,understanding the meanings of words,comprehending the structure of a text,recognizing an author’s point of view, andinterpreting content presented in diverse media, including visual images.
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Lessons, primary and secondary sources, and online seminars for teachers. Loads of links, too!
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A visual exploration of a small portion of the National Archives resources. Great way to introduce students to the variety of primary source documents available.
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Primary sources from the University of California's collection. Themed collections for educators.
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Solid introduction for anyone new to inquiry-based learning.
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Mary Johnson writes: "These methods all go back to the basic primary source analysis question – Whose story is not being told? "
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This is a great post to share with teachers during PD. It's great to stretch students to think about sources outside their country,
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There's a cool buzz running through the history education world. Primary sources. Documents. Using evidence. Solving problems. Historical thinking. And that's a good thing. But I know that it can b...
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A veritable treasure trove fo worksheets to use for analysis! No, I'm not a big worksheet fan, but these are a great introduction to thinking critically about primary source documents. Students (and honestly, teachers) need tools like this as we make the transition from memorization to analysis.
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4 Phases of Inquiry-Based Learning: A Guide For Teachers
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Very thoughtful summary of the process!
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"The Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago (CRFC) strengthens American democracy by providing elementary and secondary students with hands-on learning about the Constitution to prepare them for informed civic engagement."
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Excellent teaching resources for Bill of Rights unit.
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Wondering how to get your students to use and analyze primary sources instead of their beloved Wikipedia? Here are some great resources for primary sources.
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Some new-to-me resources here!
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The World's Constitutions to Read, Search and Compare
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Excellent resource! Students can search by country or topic.
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A beautiful variety of resources. Of special interest for US HIstory is the Sid Lapidus '59 collection of items from thepre- and Revolutionary War eras. This resource was shared by LM_NET's Sybil Finemel.
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As the new school year starts, there is value in asking all of our middle and high school students (at least) to think about something most will have heard of, but not thought about very deeply. Why?
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Thinking like a historian!
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Photos from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Developing media literacy by studying primary source images is a critical thinking skill that often gets overlooked.
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Turn your students into historians with primary-source based activities that develop historical thinking skills.
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Be sure to register to have access to many more activities. Interactive activities, Google maps--very engaging work that requires critical thinking!
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Search millions of objects in the collections including photographs, artworks, artifacts, scientific specimens, manuscripts, sound records, and transcripts. These represent Art, Design, History, Culture, Science and Technology.
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Be sure to use the drop-down "search" button to limit your search to online media. Once you create a search, you can further limit your options on the results page.
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Digital Collections and Services: Access to print, pictorial and audio-visual collections and other digital services at the Library of Congress
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Excellent resources for students!
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Be sure to register to have access to many more activities. Interactive activities, Google maps--very engaging work that requires critical thinking!