Additional Resources
Websites
Books
Pedagogical Videos
- Library of Congress (www.loc.gov)
- Teaching with Primary Sources at Illinois State University (http://teachingprimarysources.illinoisstate.edu/)
- Edudemic Guide to the Library of Congress (http://www.edudemic.com/guides/library-of-congress/)
- State Historical Museum of Iowa (www.iowahistory.org)
- National Archives (www.nara.gov)
- Smithsonian (www.si.edu)
- Engaging Students with Primary Sources (http://historyexplorer.si.edu/PrimarySources.pdf)
- Digital History (www.digitalhistory.uh.edu)
- History Matters (www.historymatters.gmu.edu)
- Stanford History Education Group (http://sheg.stanford.edu)
- Teaching History (www.teachinghistory.org)
- C-SPAN Classroom (www.c-spanclassroom.org)
- Living Room Candidate (www.livingroomcandidate.org)
- Docs Teach (www.docsteach.org)
- Library of Congress Documentary on C-SPAN (http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/Video/1114/The+Library+of+Congress+Documentary.aspx)
- One History (www.onehistory.org)
- Internet Archive (https://archive.org)
- Documenting the American South (http://docsouth.unc.edu)
- New Deal Network (http://newdeal.feri.org)
- Primary Source Repository (www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/special-collections/other.repositories.html)
- Internet History Sourcebooks Project (www.fordham.edu/halsall)
- Gilder Lehrman Institute (www.gilderlehrman.org)
- University of Oklahoma Law Center: A Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents (http://www.law.ou.edu/hist)
- Historical Thinking Matters (http://historicalthinkingmatters.org)
- Smithsonian Source (www.smithsoniansource.org)
Books
- List of pedagogical books for social studies teachers can be found by going here.
Pedagogical Videos
- Intro to Historical Thinking Skills ( www.teachinghistory.org/historical-thinking-intro)
- Teaching Channel Social Studies Videos (https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos?page=3&categories=subjects_social-studies&load=3)
- Reading Like a Historian: Corroboration (https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/reading-like-a-historian-corroboration)
- Reading Like a Historian: Overview (https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/reading-like-a-historian-curriculum)
- Reading Like a Historian: Re-assessing Reliability (https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/teaching-students-to-reassess-reliability)
- Reading Like a Historian: Primary Source Documents (https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/choosing-primary-source-documents)
- Reading Like a Historian: Contextualization (https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/reading-like-a-historian-contextualization-complete-lesson)
- Reading Like a Historian: Corroboration (https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/reading-like-a-historian-corroboration-complete-lesson)
- Reading Like a Historian: Sourcing (https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/reading-like-a-historian-sourcing-complete-lesson)
Library of Congress Videos
- Teaching with Primary Sources (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P_o0CfcT8c&feature=em-subs_digest)
Documents
See here for miscellaneous documents related to teaching with primary sources.
See here for miscellaneous documents related to teaching with primary sources.
School House Activity | |
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What's In Your Pocket? (Lincoln) | |
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What's In Your Pocket? Activity | |
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Opening Up the Textbook | |
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Historical Thinking Chart | |
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Historical Habits of Mind | |
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Five Senses Chart | |
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Sample Questions for an Image Warm Up | |
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O SAE Can You See | |
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Historical Habits of Mind | |
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