Library Hot Five #171: Exploring Primary Sources
Issaquah Valley Elementary Library - Mrs. Ritchie, Librarian
Revised March 19, 2003
 

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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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