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Using Documents in the Classroom. What are Historical Records?. Historical records are the raw materials of history. Make a list of items you think may be used as an historical record in your classroom? Share with a partner. Why Use Historical Records?.
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What are Historical Records? • Historical records are the raw materials of history. • Make a list of items you think may be used as an historical record in your classroom? • Share with a partner.
Why Use Historical Records? When using historical records, students learn to: • interpret, clarify, analyze, evaluate. • recognize point of view and bias. • identify contradictions. • determine what is accepted as fact and what is rejected as fiction or unsubstantiated in a historical record. • draw conclusions. • analyze raw data showing cause and effect.
Why Use Historical Records? When using historical records, students learn to: • weigh generalizations and historical theories presented in textbooks, reference materials and television programs while recognizing their limitations. • recognize potential for multiple interpretations. • acknowledge their own frames of reference and contemporary viewpoints which color their interpretations. • develop confidence in their ability to acquire knowledge.
Where do I find the documents? • Personal Historical Records: driver's licenses, birth certificates, social security cards, tax returns, photographs, report cards, drawings, postcards, scrapbooks, diaries, political paraphernalia. • Schools: old attendance records, school rules, photographs, blueprints, yearbooks, literary magazines, school newspapers, videotaped performances, award certificates, board of education meeting minutes. • Communities: local libraries, historical societies, universities, museums, churches, businesses, local governments, state agencies, local chambers of commerce, charitable organizations, unions, veteran groups.
Fundamental Orders • Read through the document “Fundamental Orders of Connecticut” • Work with your group to answer the questions on the Written Document Analysis Worksheet from the National Archives.
Reflection • What new insights, ideas, understandings did you acquire this evening? • How will you integrate them into your lessons?