Full Description
The use of primary sources as texts in the classroom is growing. Teachers realize these vital witnesses provide opportunities to motivate students and improve learning. They bring students closer to the people, places, and events being studied and help students improve content knowledge while building skills. Recent trends in standards, such as Common Core, and the increasing use of the Document-Based Questions also promote primary source use.
The strong push to use primary sources in teaching history and social studies creates a need among teachers for more information on what they are and how they can be used effectively in the classroom. Vital Witnesses meets this need by providing teachers with a comprehensive guide to primary sources and their use in the classroom. Primary sources are defined, and the various types are described. Classroom-tested activities and strategies are offered to teachers for addressing the needs of all learners and for accommodating Common Core standards and the C3 Framework for State Social Studies Standards.
Contents
Preface
Introduction: What Are Primary Sources?
Part One: Understanding Primary Sources
The world of primary sources
Print documents
Visual documents
Maps
Photographs
Editorial Cartoons
Film/video
Fine Arts
Folk Culture and Mythology.
The Built Environment
Material culture
Natural Environment
Part Two: Primary Sources in the Classroom
The Big Picture Inquiry-Based Learning Method
Classroom Exercises
Exploring the nature of primary sources
Using primary source texts to open a unit of study
Constructing Document-Based Questions
Using Visuals to Meet the Needs of All Learners
Designing a Curriculum for All Learners
Part Three: Accommodating Common Core
Accommodating Common Core Literacy Standards
Accommodating the C3 Framework for State Social Studies Standards
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