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Library of Congress

Loc: For Teachers: Analyzing Primary Source Documents

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
These student worksheets and activities help students analyze many different types of primary source documents. Life histories, objects, and photographs are all used to engage students.
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Professional Doc
Library of Congress

Loc: For Teachers: Classroom Materials Using Primary Sources

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This excellent teacher resource features lessons that use primary source documents in an engaging way. Included are lesson plans created by teachers, themed resources, primary source sets, presentations and activities, and collections...
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Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Teachers: Personal Stories and Primary Sources

For Teachers 2nd - 8th Standards
Young scholars will explore the value of personal stories and first-hand accounts when exploring history, in this case, the events of the early twentieth century, which included World War I and the Great Depression. Through this...
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Activity
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: History Through Primary Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from the Medieval Sourcebook answers the question: Why Study History Through Primary Sources? It provides complete information, a list of review questions, and bibliography information.
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University of California

Uc Irvine: Distinguishing Between Primary & Secondary Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site has an online quiz to test your knowledge of primary and secondary sources.
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Lesson Plan
Ohio State University

Opper Project: Using Editorial Cartoons to Teach History (Lesson Plans)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two dozen lessons that focus on using political cartoons as primary source resources for teaching American history. Lessons cover a range of topics in U.S. history from the Civil War era forward and are linked to Ohio content standards.
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Other

Middle Tennessee State University: The Progressive Movement: Life as a Muckraker

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, young scholars learn about the muckraking journalists who exposed social injustices during the Progressive Era and what the Progressives believed. They will examine primary sources, including the works of prominent...
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Lesson Plan
Ohio State University

Opper Project: Using Editorial Cartoons to Teach History (Lesson Plans)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two dozen lessons that focus on using political cartoons as primary source resources for teaching American history. Lessons cover a range of topics in U.S. history from the Civil War era forward and are linked to Ohio content standards.
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Activity
Library and Archives Canada

Nlc: Defining Primary and Secondary Sources

For Students 2nd - 9th Standards
Libraries and archives hold documents and books that can be used for your research projects. Learn how to divide and identify them into primary and secondary sources in this tutorial.
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Other

Library of Congress: Teaching With Primary Sources

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This website is an excellent resource for teaching with primary sources. This resource features Holocaust lessons, lesson plan strategies, and podcasts.
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Handout
University of California

Cal Heritage Collection: Using Primary Sources

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This resource covers what primary sources are, where we can find them, and how we can assess them in the classroom.