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Why teach with primary sources?

Books Backdrops: Bringing Historical Fiction to Life with Primary Sources Library of Congress - Summer Institute 2007 - Gail Petri. Why teach with primary sources?. Eighth-graders whose teachers reported using primary sources (such as letters, diaries or essays

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Why teach with primary sources?

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  1. Books Backdrops:Bringing Historical Fictionto Life with Primary Sources Library of Congress - Summer Institute 2007 - Gail Petri

  2. Why teach with primary sources? Eighth-graders whose teachers reported using primary sources (such as letters, diaries or essays written by historical figures) on a weekly basis had higher average scores than those whose teachers reported doing so monthly or less frequently. Nation’s Report Card 2001, p.93

  3. Why teach with historythrough literature? One of the great lessons of history is that perspective matters. So before I start kids searching out details of battles or other events in the past, I want to play with perspective a bit, using picture books to get my point across that there's more than one way to look at a thing. Carol Otis Hurst, Carol Hurst’s Children Literature Site

  4. Why teach with historythrough literature? Teachers know these novels focus a rich, human lens on a sometimes abstract topic. The stories and the lives of historical characters help readers see the details of everyday life that are not incorporated into textbooks. Cathy Beck, “Historical Fiction: Teaching Tool or Literary Experience”, Language Arts, July 2000

  5. Why NOT combine them both? Literature + Primary Sources = Memorable, Meaningful, Fun Learning!

  6. Try this PSI activity!(Primary Source Investigation) Observe the following images. . .

  7. What do you see? Think? Wonder?

  8. Study the people and objects.

  9. What do you see in the background?

  10. Is the picture posed?

  11. What common thread connects these photographs?

  12. ALL were photographed by Lewis Hine. ALL depict children. ALL show children at work. ALL are available online at the Library of Congress.

  13. Do you want to find out more about child labor? READ a book and CONNECT to primary sources!

  14. The girl in this Lewis Hine photograph . . . . . . inspired Elizabeth Winthrop . . . to write this historical fiction book about child labor in America.

  15. Winthrop, Elizabeth. “Searching for Addie: The Story behind a Famous Photograph.” Social Education 70 (4), 174-177.

  16. National Child Labor Committee More than 5000 Lewis Hine photos are available in the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog.

  17. Begin making your own primary source connections at http://www.loc.gov . . .

  18. . . . and help your students . . . become hooked on history!

  19. You’ll find more than 10 million primary sources! • Images • Movies • Documents • Maps • Webcasts • Sheet music• Sound files • And more!

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