Using Primary Sources
Essential History & Social Studies Teaching Practice #1: Design student investigations that utilize historical thinking skills to analyze primary and secondary sources representing diverse perspectives of multiple stakeholders.
History Essential Practice 1: Primary Sources.pdfResource Guides
Engaging Students with Primary Sources (Smithsonian National Museum of American History)
Using Primary Sources (Library of Congress)
Articles
Historical Thinking: Examining a Photo of Newsboys in Summer, 1908 (Hilary Mac Austin and Kathleen Thompson)
Tampering with History: Adapting Primary Sources for Struggling Readers (Sam Wineburg & Daisy Martin)
Suggested Methods for Incorporating Primary Sources in Classroom Instruction (National Archives and Records Administration)
Instructional Resources
Primary Source Analysis Tool (National Archives)
Novice
Intermediate
Primary Source Analysis Tool (Library of Congress)
LOC - Analyzing Primary Sources Guide.pdfGraphic Organizers for Analyzing:
Primary Sources
Motion Pictures
Books and Other Printed Text
Newspapers
Manuscripts
Maps
Oral Histories
Photographs and Prints
Political Cartoons
Sheet Music and Song Sheets
Sound Recordings