Teaching With Primary Sources Lesson Plans. Four to five 50 minute class sessions i. Photographs of museum objects and specimens historic photographs maps and other documents are used to teach.
Each lesson revolves around a central historical question and features a set of primary documents designed for groups of students with a range of reading skills. Summary students will gain skills. Educational materials for teachers.
This curriculum teaches students how to investigate historical questions by employing reading strategies such as sourcing contextualizing corroborating and close reading.
Summary students will gain skills. Relevant teks have been included at the end of the lesson plan. Primary source secondary source this lesson can be modified to 12. Teaching with primary sources.