Analyzing and Writing with Primary Sources (Professional Resources)

by: Wendy Conklin (Author)

Publisher: Shell Educational Publishing
Edition:Illustrated

Publication Date: 1 Aug. 2015

Language: English

Print Length: 320 pages

ISBN-10: 1425814786

ISBN-13: 9781425814786

Book Description

Engage students with intriguing and authentic primary sources! This classroom resource provides detailed instructions and pedagogical tactics on teaching with primary sources. Students will lea to critically analyze various kinds of primary sources while developing their close reading and comprehensions skills and responding to text-dependent questions. This standards-based manual is tailored for specific grade spans. Chapters are divided by the type of primary source including Paintings, Photographs, and Prints; Official Documents; Personal Documents; Posters, Signs, and Advertisements; Political Cartoons and Comic Strips; Maps; Artifacts; and Oral Histories, Interviews, Audio, and Video Recordings.
Engage students with intriguing and authentic primary sources! This classroom resource provides detailed instructions and pedagogical tactics on teaching with primary sources. Students will lea to critically analyze various kinds of primary sources while developing their close reading and comprehensions skills and responding to text-dependent questions. This standards-based manual is tailored for specific grade spans. Chapters are divided by the type of primary source including Paintings, Photographs, and Prints; Official Documents; Personal Documents; Posters, Signs, and Advertisements; Political Cartoons and Comic Strips; Maps; Artifacts; and Oral Histories, Interviews, Audio, and Video Recordings.