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Analyzing Documents Teach students the process of document analysis, the foundation for working with primary sources: 1. Meet the document. 2. Observe its parts. 3. Try to make sense of it. 4. Use it as historical evidence. Learning Objectives: Think through primary source documents (photos, written documents, artifacts, posters, maps, cartoons, videos, or sound recordings) for contextual understanding. Extract information to make informed judgments. Internalize the process of analyzing primary source documents."

"The ELA Common Core State Standards (CCSS)  suggest the use of more primary source materials in science and social studies classes.  I agree that this will bring some interesting experiences to class and expose kids to some historically important documents."

"PrimaryAccess is a suite of free online tools that allows students and teachers to use primary source documents to complete meaningful and compelling learning activities with digital movies, storyboards, rebus stories and other online tools."

a web-based word processor designed for schools that allows pupils and teachers to work together in real-time.