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***Library Hot Five #171: Exploring Primary Sources***
If your students are using the Internet for research, provide them with
access to primary source documents for accurate information!
Using Primary Sources
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/calheritage/k12/primary_lesson.htm
Read UC Berkeley's ideas on evaluating Web sources. In this activity,
students design personal "archival boxes" with pictures, poems, essays,
maps, timelines, and stories about their families.
Using Primary Sources In the Classroom
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/primary.html
Find suggestions for using primary source documents and suggestions
on how "student activities can help you enhance your social studies
curriculum using authentic artifacts, documents, photographs, and
manuscripts from the Library of Congress Historical Collections and
other sources."
How To Use Primary Sources
http://www.jerseyhistory.org/howtofind.html
The New Jersey Historical Society offers four sample lessons online
that illustrate wise instructional use of primary source documents.
Using Primary Source Documents In the Classroom
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/teachers/primary.html
From the Ohio Historical Society, this site contains a general lesson
plan that can serve as a starting point for original class activities.
Using Primary Sources on the Internet to Teach and Learn History
http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed442739.html
Deanne Shiroma's article for ERIC briefly addresses the types of
primary sources and outlines how to locate sources online.
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