2. The 6 Key Areas of Bloom’s
Taxonomy will be satisfied when
using primary source materials
Common Core Requirements will be
met
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5. • A primary source is direct evidence from a
certain period in history which includes:
• Personal documents such as a diary,
speech, manuscript, letter, interview,
news, film footage, autobiography, official
records or survey
• Creative works such as poetry, drama,
novels, music or art
• Relics or Artifacts such as pottery, furniture,
or clothing
6. Primary sources provide a window into the
past
Primary sources give us a first hand account
of a period in history
Its an unfiltered look into the historical
record
Can give us a sense of what it was like to live
during a particular period of time
7. • Diary of Anne Frank
• Declaration of Independence
• Plato’s Republic
• Native American Pottery
• A Journal Article reporting new research
• King Tut’s Chariot
• A Newspaper Clipping from when JFK was
assassinated
8. Student Engagement
Development of critical thinking skills
Construction of knowledge
9. Primary sources help students relate to the
past through first hand accounts
The snippets of history provoke and encourage
students to do additional research
First hand accounts bring history to life
10. • State standards support teaching with primary
sources to inspire students to think critically
and analytically
• Students move from concrete observation and
facts to questioning about the materials
• Students will learn how to use multiple
primary sources to fill in blanks and find
patterns
• Questions of bias, purpose and point of view
may challenge students
11. • Primary sources can encourage students to
wrestle with contradictions leading to a
comparison of multiple sources that
represent different views, confronting the
complexity of the past
• Students construct knowledge as they form
reasoned conclusions
• Students base their conclusions on evidence
• Students will learn how to synthesize
multiple sources
14. • Perseus Project-Perseus is a growing collection of online
resources for studying the ancient world. Materials include ancient
texts and translations, maps, articles, essays, and images from
over 70 museums around the world. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
• The Chauvet Cave –Paleolithic Cave paintings in France. Historical
information on the cave as well as paintings & other resources.
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/en/
• Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/additionalresources/relatedresources
/world/primary.html
• Avalon ProjectYale University-Ancient Documents from
4000BCE-399 AD.
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/ancient.asp
15. Fordham University Ancient History Sourcebook-
http://legacy.fordham.edu/Halsall/ancient/asbookfull.asp
University of Memphis –Department of History-Primary
Sources
http://www.memphis.edu/history/histres.htm#organizations
Resources for HistoryTeachers –wiki spaces Primary
Sources
http://resourcesforhistoryteachers.wikispaces.com/Primary+
Sources+for+World+History
