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Reading Primary Source Documents: Historical Content Lesson Plan

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Reading Primary Source Documents: Historical Content

Why do we read primary source documents? What can they give us that other writings cannot? Provide your learners with any of the primary sources attached here (there are seven), and have them complete the graphic organizer (which opens with Adobe Reader). A great introduction to primary sources!

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primary source analysis, primary sources

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1st - 12th

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English Language Arts

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