Doing Social Studies

OCTOBER 22, 2021

First up, the LOC (aka Library of Congress): The Library of Congress has an amazing treasure trove of primary source materials. Clicking the Growth topic will take you to subjects with connections to primary sources. CitationTip: at the bottom of each Pdf document is the necessary citation for the source.

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Civics for All of US

MAY 12, 2023

We the People: Teaching the Constitution Workshop for Elementary Educators Katie Munn Fri, 05/12/2023 - 07:46 Body Looking closely at the Preamble of the Constitution, teachers will work with primary sources from the National Archives and consider how the interpretation of “We the People” has changed over time.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

I started learning about the diaspora through books and archives when I attended a historically Black university (HBCU) for graduate school. She retells history with expert analyses of historical artifacts, primary sources and thorough research.

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Civics for All of US

JANUARY 25, 2023

The Bill of Rights for Elementary Educators Katie Munn Wed, 01/25/2023 - 13:32 Body Explore how to engage elementary students with primary sources from the holdings of the National Archives that demonstrate the power of student voices. The First Amendment and You!

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Civics for All of US

MAY 12, 2023

The Bill of Rights Workshop for Secondary Educators Katie Munn Fri, 05/12/2023 - 08:50 Body Participants in this online workshop will study the history of the Bill of Rights by analyzing primary sources.

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Society for Classical Studies

APRIL 4, 2024

Currently numbering over 80,000 volumes and 500 linear feet of personal papers and institutional archives, it comprises a large circulating book collection, journal holdings, electronic resources, non-print media, rare books, archival materials, art, and artifacts. Questions about the Program can be directed to George I.

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4QM Teaching

APRIL 30, 2023

That rubric defined “rigor” as student engagement with primary source texts and artifacts. Question Two) — is most appropriately addressed by interpreting primary sources. Reading primary sources sounds like the authentic activity of professional historians. I noticed something strange, however.

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ACRE

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In the classroom, educators can explore a variety of Constitutional resources with learners by reading primary sources, reviewing changes to the Constitution throughout American History, and analyzing historical arguments relating to the founding of the United States and the Constitution today.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 14, 2021

Buddington’s team wrote the curriculum and helped with the archive research that accompanies the Kinfolk app. The idea, he said, is that students will be inspired “to go on a scavenger hunt through the primary source archives to learn more.”.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

This summer, Creel joined a dozen other teachers from across the state at a weeklong training institute at the state’s Department of Archives and History. RELATED: The districts that use outdated textbooks to teach about the Civil Rights Movement. She wanted to center the unit not only on the famous names — Martin Luther King, Jr.,

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Anthropology News

JUNE 27, 2024

Still, some students had difficulty differentiating between ChatGPT’s outputs and reliable sources of information, which led to discussions about trustworthiness, primary sources, and peer-review. This particular tool allows users to upload their own documents—course readings, research articles, archives, etc.—so

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Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Lomax hoped the young men would bring back audio documents for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. Since all of the projects must incorporate primary sources, students learn how to access online archives such as the Hathi Trus t and newspapers.org.

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ASHP CML

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The CUNY Digital History Archive is now recruiting volunteer researchers to join our project team. Research and Editorial Board The editorial team reviews new collections and assists with research and writing, identifies relevant archival materials and works with collection curators to contextualize primary sources.

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Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

To activate their interest, I spent the first class period showing the Freedom Archives’ COINTELPRO 101 documentary. history with my 11th-grade students, we began the year by corroborating Columbus’s story and used texts from A Young People’s History , traditional textbooks, videos, and other primary sources.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2018

The nonprofit Facing History and Ourselves is offering “The Reconstruction Era and the Fragility of Democracy,” described on its website as an “archive of lessons, videos, and primary sources to teach about one of the most tumultuous periods in U.S. history and its legacy today.” The materials can be downloaded free.

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Zinn Education Project

MARCH 7, 2024

Muhammad: It’s another part of the archival record. You are often limited in your ability to teach certain topics by the dependence upon primary sources rather than secondary sources. I want to be mindful of teachers.

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ASHP CML

MARCH 3, 2025

This week, administrator and multimedia producer David Scheckel shares a primary source. Stay tuned for more documents in the coming weeks both on our website and on our primary source database, Social History for Every Classroom. Theres a constant tension to this story.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 9, 2024

Muhammad: It’s another part of the archival record. You are often limited in your ability to teach certain topics by the dependence upon primary sources rather than secondary sources. I love the ideas of picture books and primary sources for young children, too.

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