How to teach source evaluation? - 70 views
Dear Ben, Theatre is always a great way to teach anything -- especially history. Living history programs and projects are everywhere. You can read a short article I wrote on how to create an his...
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NHEC | Browse Primary Source Guides - 0 views
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David Hilton on 11 Jul 09This source isn't a primary source site itself, but has links (22 at time of posting) to sites that help students analyse primary documents. Might be useful.
Reading Primary Source Documents - 1 views
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Has some good questions for students to ask themselves when evaluating primary sources. Such a difficult skill to train students to do - it seems to me though that historical knowledge is vital for students to be able to analyse and evaluate sources effectively.
Using Primary Sources - For Teachers (Library of Congress) - 0 views
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This is a guide to creating lessons using primary sources provided by the Library of Congress. They've just started a new initiative helping teachers use primary sources in the classroom; I went to the site they're set up but there wasn't much there. Maybe it will grow in time.
Reading a Primary Source - 0 views
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A guide to reading a primary source. It would be useful in helping your students develop their source evaluation skills.
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A good outlay for students of what to look for when reading/analysing/evaluating primary sources.
Distinguish between Primary and Secondary Sources | University Library - 0 views
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Might be useful in helping your students learn to distinguish between primary and secondary sources.
ALA | Using Primary Sources on the Web - 2 views
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A comprehensive site about using primary sources on the web. There are also a range of great links.
DBQ/CRQ: Teaching with Documents by Peter Pappas - 0 views
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Another site to help students use primary sources. Has some good questions to help students develop their eye for historical detail, motive, perspective, etc.
Primary Source Learning - 0 views
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Just refound this (to coin a neologism). Looks liks it might provide a useful tool for turning primary sources into lesson plans.
WORLD HISTORY SOURCES - 0 views
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A site with primary sources that also guides students in source analysis/evaluation. It's run by George Mason University (they do a lot of the heavy lifting when it comes to open-access digital history. Good on 'em!).
Primary Sources-The Library-University of California, Berkeley - 0 views
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Useful in helping students understand what primary and secondary sources are and how to approach them.
Primary Sources: Tools for Discovery - 13 views
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A very good guide for students on how to do digital primary source research.
Primary Sources - 0 views
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This isn't strictly speaking a site with resources usable for historical teaching and research, however it has a great breakdown of why historians use primary sources and how we use them etc and this might be useful with your classes.
Milestone Documents - Primary Source Text & Expert Analysis - 0 views
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An excellent newsletter to sign up for. They're not just try to make money and they are historians and know what they're talking about. If you're on twitter then #historyteacher is the place to be!
Historical Sources - 13 views
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A pretty comprehensive guide for beginners on evaluating sources. Useful for students.
Smithsonian Source - 0 views
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Looks like an excellent tool for helping students engage with primary sources.
The History Sourcebook: The Need for Source Criticism: A Letter from Alexander to Arist... - 8 views
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Looks like an excellent example of source forgery to demonstrate to students the need for source criticism.
Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for College Students - 11 views
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Has some neat tips. Might be useful in helping your students develop their historical thinking skills.
DoHistory Home - 4 views
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Looks like it might be useful in a computer room, having the students work through the site for all or part of a lesson. It takes them through the research process as they try to reconstruct the historical circumstances of Martha Ballard through primary documents. Quite cool.
Making Sense of Letters and Diaries - 10 views
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Looks like a useful guide by an experienced history teacher. Might be good for homework or a lesson activity? I'm focussing at the moment on training my students with 'historical thinking.' I find it much more useful a model than the 'critical thinking' models so common these days, and the results are promising. If anyone has any tips I'd be most appreciative...