Teaching Social Studies with Primary Sources : Teaching Social Studies with Primary Sources By Heather Wasemann
What are Primary Sources? : What are Primary Sources? Firsthand Information “Eye Witness”
Types of Primary Sources : Printed Materials Artifacts Media Documents Types of Primary Sources
Slide 4 : People Events Ideas Culture Society Primary Sources Provide
Evidence of the Past
Slide 5 : Provide Background Knowledge
Help with unfamiliar vocabulary
Use Document Analysis Sheets
Ask Scaffolding Questions (leads to objective) Teaching Primary Resources
Primary Sources as a Hook Activity : Primary Sources as a Hook Activity Spark Interest or Debate
Examine How Pictures and Paintings are Persuasive“What do they tell you about the time period?” : Examine How Pictures and Paintings are Persuasive“What do they tell you about the time period?”
Have students Investigate : Have students Investigate “Why did so Many People in Jamestown Die?” Doc A
Have students Investigate : Have students Investigate “Why did so Many People in Jamestown Die?” Doc B
Have students Investigate : Have students Investigate “Why did so Many People in Jamestown Die?” Doc C
Have students Investigate : Have students Investigate “Why did so Many People in Jamestown Die?” Doc A
Lack of Water Doc B
Settlers Skills Doc C
Indian Relations
Primary Sources for Assessment : Primary Sources for Assessment Document Based Essay Question = DBQ
5 paragraph essay
Proves a thesis
Cites evidence from the documents
Produces arguments based on evidence
Shows knowledge, critical thinking and understanding of a time period or event .
Lessons and Primary Sources : Government
Organizations
National Archives
Library of Congress
Smithsonian Education Historical
Societies
Gilder Lederman
Colonial Williamsburg
American Historical Association Professional
Organizations
AP Central
PBS Teachers
Discover Education
NCHE Lessons and Primary Sources http://www.diigo.com/list/wasemannh/american-history
References : References 19th-Century Illustration of Native Americans Fishing from a Canoe. Corbis
(2006). Retrieved February 16, 2009, from
Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/ A public notice about the Japanese removal.. IRC
(2005). Retrieved February 16, 2009, from
Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/ An English astrolabe, ca. 1325.. IRC (2005). Retrieved February 16, 2009, from Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/ George Washington at the end of his presidency.. IRC
(2005). Retrieved February 16, 2009, from
Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/ Incomes of working women gave them freedom.. IRC
(2005). Retrieved February 16, 2009, from
Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
References pg 2 : References pg 2 Leni Riefenstahl at a motion-picture camera.. IRC
(2005). Retrieved February 16, 2009, from
Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/ "Join or Die," The Constitutional Courant.. IRC
(2005). Retrieved February 16, 2009, from
Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/ Leather-bound Books. Corbis
(1996). Retrieved February 16, 2009, from
Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/ "Migrant Mother," famous Dorothea Lange photo.. IRC
(2005). Retrieved February 16, 2009, from
Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/ Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser. IRC
(2005). Retrieved February 16, 2009, from
Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
References pg 3 : References pg 3 Segregation Protesters at Jail. Corbis
(2009). Retrieved February 16, 2009, from
Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/ The American flag on the moon's surface.. IRC
(2005). Retrieved February 16, 2009, from
Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/ Title Page from Thomas Paine's Common Sense. Corbis
(2006). Retrieved February 16, 2009, from
Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/ United States Constitution. Jupiterimages Corporation (2006). Retrieved February 16, 2009, from Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/ Returned Union prisoner from Civil War prison.. IRC
(2005). Retrieved February 16, 2009, from
Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
References pg 4 : References pg 4 Water Droplet. Jupiterimages Corporation
(2006). Retrieved February 16, 2009, from
Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/ Vintage Car (1). Jupiterimages Corporation
(2006). Retrieved February 16, 2009, from
Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/ Woman using wheel to spin flax. Paul Fuqua
(2004). Retrieved February 16, 2009, from
Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/ Warsaw citizens as Germans enter the city.. IRC (2005). Retrieved February 16, 2009, from Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/