Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Teaching with Primary Sources in Social Studies Feb. To connect students to important historical events that have shaped America and the world, we often must go to the source. The primary source. Connecting Kids to History Studies Weekly uses primary sources to share real accounts.

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Primary Sources Social Studies Teaching Oral History 52

Studies Weekly

MARCH 28, 2025

DOWNLOAD EBOOK Recess Time Climbing Activities like jungle gyms, monkey bars, and rock walls are fun and great for children’s body awareness! Try yoga and stretching with daily mantras right after recess for a quick calm down and refocus. Kids build strength and coordination as they climb and swing across monkey bars.

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Primary Sources American History World History Lesson Plan 89

Thrive in Grade Five

MARCH 23, 2019

My favorite place to send students to look for history-based images is the Library of Congress. The librarians have created huge sets of primary source images by topic or time period. Library of Congress Primary Source Sets I encourage students to browse the primary source sets or to search for an image.

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History Primary Sources Social Studies Library 130

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The news literacy initiative is based in the Stanford History Education Group that Wineburg founded in 2002 to train teachers how to use primary sources and help students critically evaluate historical claims.

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K-12 Primary Sources Civics Social Studies 103

Teaching American History

MAY 14, 2024

Today’s blog is an edited excerpt from the introduction to TAH’s CDC volume, Congress , edited by Joseph Postell , available in our bookstore for free download or purchase. Library of Congress, LC-DIG-hec-35195. Should Congress, the elected legislature, be the primary maker of policy through the writing of specific laws?

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Primary Sources Government Library American History 52

Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

When our site pops up in the search results, and they click on our site, they see that we have thousands of primary source documents, many accompanied by introductions and study questions. You can also choose to download a FREE PDF version of the book. Most teachers discover our database when searching for a specific document.

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American History Primary Sources History Classroom Management 52

Studies Weekly

MARCH 10, 2025

Primary Source Analysis Tools Engage students with firsthand accounts of the past with easy-to-use worksheets that help students analyze various types of sources and bring their stories to life. This unhealthy living situation bred diseases like cholera, typhus, and tuberculosis.

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