Student Activities for Primary and Secondary Sources
With the help of the activities in this lesson plan, students will create rich and interactive storyboards that demonstrate their understanding of the use of primary and secondary sources throughout history. Students will first learn how to source a document by developing the proper ways of questioning a document in order to see the credibility and reliability of the source. Students will also evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of using a primary and secondary source in their research. Students can identify the differences between a primary and secondary source with a hands-on approach that uses authentic and significant sources throughout history. Finally, students will take the core knowledge they've learned to create a summative work of a major historical primary source that demonstrates their understanding of the chosen document.
Sources Key Vocabulary
- Primary Source
- Secondary Source
- Artifact
- Perspective
- Reliability
- Bias
- Context
- Source
- Document
- Accuracy
- Recreate
- Evaluate
Discussion Questions for Sources
- What are the differences between a primary and secondary source?
- How do you source a document?
- How can primary source documents help us to understand the past?
- What are the strengths and weaknesses of primary and secondary sources?
- Anne Frank Haus • .v1ctor Casale. • License Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
- Anne Frank House • moonlightbulb • License Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
- Anonyme WW2 Europe - Soldat de la Wehrmacht dit "Schutze" en marche forcée - juin 1939 • Vasnic64 • License Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
- Arbeit Macht Frei • tsaiproject • License Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
- Civil rights demonstration in front of a segregated theater: Tallahassee, Florida • State Library and Archives of Florida • License No known copyright restrictions (http://flickr.com/commons/usage/)
- Come and visit the U.S. Embassy's poster show celebrating #MLK's 50th anniversary of 'I Have A Dream' • US Embassy Canada • License Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
- D-Day • BillDamon • License Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
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- martin luther king • caboindex • License Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
- Martin Luther King Memorial • runneralan2004 • License Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
- Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California • George Eastman House • License No known copyright restrictions (http://flickr.com/commons/usage/)
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- Tallahassee Civil Rights March • State Library and Archives of Florida • License No known copyright restrictions (http://flickr.com/commons/usage/)
- The bloody massacre perpetrated in King Street, Boston, on Mar. 5, 1770, 03/05/1770 - 03/05/1770 • The U.S. National Archives • License No known copyright restrictions (http://flickr.com/commons/usage/)
- The Diary Of Anne Frank ... And Her Father -- Copyright Extended And Challenged • Speaker resources • License Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
- Today in 1941 - Pearl Harbor Attack • KurtClark • License Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
- Tug boats towing the world's largest floating dock • Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums • License No known copyright restrictions (http://flickr.com/commons/usage/)
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