Using Primary Source Documents in Social Studies

1. 3rd-5th Grade Using Primary Source Documents in Social Studies

2. Google, Bing, etc. • Bookmark favorite Websites • http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/ • http://www.gilderlehrman.org/ • Beg, borrow, steal • Utilize BallerShare to share sources and lesson plans! Where do I find primary sources?

3. Problems with Primary Sources • Vocabulary • Vernacular • Venght (length) • Solutions • Model by thinking aloud • Use vocabulary strategies • Use brackets • Shorten (use ellipses…) But it’s too wordy…

4. Unit Outlines for Third Grade • First Nations of North America • Cultures of North America • Cultures in Our Community • Unit Outlines for Fourth Grade • Overview – Setting in Time and Place • WA- Exploring the Pacific Northwest Prior to Statehood • WA- Living in Washington: Its Geography, Resources, and the Economy • WA- Being Citizens of Washington Are you teaching the standards?

5. Unit Outlines for Fifth Grade • Overview - Setting in Time and Place • US-Encounter, Colonization, and Devastation (1492 – 1763) • US-Independence (1763 – 1791) • US-Founding the Nation (1776 – 1791) • US-Legacy for Us Today • http://www.k12.wa.us/SocialStudies/EALRs-GLEs.aspx Standards Cont.

6. Overview for Interactive Notebooks

7. Don’t reinvent the wheel • http://www.ohiohistoryteachers.org/02/04/#definitions How do I teach the difference?

8. Secondary Source: http://www.ohiohistoryteachers.org/02/04/#definitions Primary Source: http://www.ibiblio.org/ebooks/Geronimo/GerStory.htm Strategy 1 – Stop & Source

9. http://lewisandclarktrail.com/legacy/letter.htm Strategy 2 – Open Mind

10. http://www.ushistory.org/paine/commonsense/singlehtml.htm Strategy 3 – Visual Vocabulary

11.  Q & A and Brainstorming