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- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students analyze a primary source ("I Have a Dream" speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) by identifying and explaining his use of two specific rhetorical devices. They apply their knowledge to evaluate the efficacy of a primary source. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students examine copies of primary source documents and determine the document's value to a researcher. They analyze and evaluate the document for bias or contradiction. They know the difference between a primary and secondary source. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students distinguish between primary and secondary source documents using the theme of philanthropy. They discuss Anne Frank's, Anne Frank: The Diary of Young Girl as a way to study the past using a primary source document. They investigate how they can leave accurate records for others to explore in the future. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the use of primary sources. They read and discuss excerpts from the "Diary of Anne Frank," write journal entries, identify examples of altruism from the book, write an essay, and complete a worksheet. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine primary source documents about slavery in the United States. They evaluate the documents for the evidence they provide, reliability and bias. They present their evaluation to the class. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students examine a database to explain the use of primary source documents. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students review the main objectives of the Corps of Discovery. They receive a primary source document and they are to create a skit to perform to the class. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students watch video clips and view a website to work out a definition of "primary source." They determine how primary sources can be used in research. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students are shown arifacts and asked to describe them in detail and their purpose. In groups, they discuss the characteristics of an arifact given to them and discover it can be used as a primary source. They show their arifact to the class and answer questions to end the lesson. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students create two personal arttifacts to add to a primary source shoebox that represents information about themselves. The first draw a self-portrait then build an artifact from playdoh and pipecleaners to represent something they like to do. this ia lesson five in a six unit lesson on primary sources and databases. Full Review »
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