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

History Tech

JULY 13, 2023

I’m spending a few days with some of the amazing staff at the Library of Congress (I’m looking at you, Cheryl), learning more about their super cool primary sources and more ways to use them. Yesterday I had a bit of chit-chat with the people in the LOC Newspaper Division that included some tips about […]

Primary Sources 130

Primary Sources Library Lesson Plan History 130

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. In their new home, they could buy land, practice their faith, and have equal standing in their communities.

American History 90

American History History Teaching Primary Sources 90

History Tech

OCTOBER 10, 2024

I got the chance this week to chat a bit with my kids – both now in Minnesota. And during the convo with the youngest, we ended up talking about a letter written by a Norwegian ski instructor in 1943. The guy was teaching US and Canadian special ops guys to ski as part of […]

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Primary Sources Teaching Lesson Plan Artifacts 100

Studies Weekly

MARCH 28, 2025

Students can help move books from their teacher’s desk to the class library and stacking on the shelves during clean-up time Being the door helper and holding open the door for their class to go through is a favorite for sure because it makes them feel so special! They are not available for homeschools.

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Primary Sources American History World History Lesson Plan 52

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Like many teachers, I would tap into the the Library of Congress, which would give me tips for teaching with primary sources , including quarterly journal articles on topics such as integrating historical and geographic thinking. Washington University in St. Let’s take maps, for example.

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Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

History Tech

MARCH 15, 2023

I’ve had the chance to meet a lot of people who work at the Library of Congress. And they’ve all been awesome. I’m sure there’s probably one or two who work over there who are Las Vegas Raiders fans or who will tell you that they don’t like Kansas City Joe’s burnt ends. And other […]

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Library Research Primary Sources Lesson Plan 130