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10 Web Resources To Help Teach About Primary Sources

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From www.edudemic.com - October 4, 2013 11:50 PM
Wondering how to get your students to use and analyze primary sources instead of their beloved Wikipedia? Here are some great resources for primary sources.
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This post provides links to 10 Learnist boards that provide access to a wide variety of primary documents including:

* The British Library

* The Relationship Between Primary and Secondary Resources (helps teach Common Core 6-8.RH.9)

* Primary Sources for the Science Classroom

* Citing Textual Evidence

Many more boards are available through the post.

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Monica S Mcfeeters's curator insight, October 5, 2013 5:36 PM

Never hurts to know what resources are out there in the Web world. Here are 10 good ones to help with that.
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Using “secondary/tertiary sources” (yeah Wikipedia!) to improve your research

Using “secondary/tertiary sources” (yeah Wikipedia!) to improve your research | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From mgleeson.edublogs.org - January 15, 2013 10:07 PM

"Wikipedia can often get a bum rap from many in the education community. Sometimes, it’s for good reason, as it can be a VERY overused information source by students AND adults alike...Today I want to reflect on its benefits as a starting reference or secondary (maybe tertiary) source to start of your research, based on how I used it to research my History resource."

Beth Dichter's insight:

Many students choose to use Wikipedia as a primary resource and many teachers tell students they should not use Wikipedia...but what if you require that they confirm all information from other primary resources? Gleeson notes "I believe starting with the much maligned site had several benefits that will transfer over to the students’ use." 

He discusses four issues that students often face when searching online:

* Where do I begin? (Based on my discussions with students most students tell me they use Google, but that does not mean that they look beyond the first page of results, or know how to do searches.)

* Key word search - Do your students know how to use key words? Wikipedia may help with this.

* Secondary source drives me to primary source - Allow the secondary source to provide some foundation, but confirm with primary sources.

* Effective time management for checking sources.

Additional information on each point may be found in the post.

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ramon gutierrez sanchez's curator insight, December 18, 2015 11:46 AM

Many students choose to use Wikipedia as a primary resource and many teachers tell students they should not use Wikipedia...but what if you require that they confirm all information from other primary resources? Gleeson notes "I believe starting with the much maligned site had several benefits that will transfer over to the students’ use." 

He discusses four issues that students often face when searching online:

* Where do I begin? (Based on my discussions with students most students tell me they use Google, but that does not mean that they look beyond the first page of results, or know how to do searches.)

* Key word search - Do your students know how to use key words? Wikipedia may help with this.

* Secondary source drives me to primary source - Allow the secondary source to provide some foundation, but confirm with primary sources.

* Effective time management for checking sources.

Additional information on each point may be found in the post.
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Awesome Stories

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From www.awesomestories.com - February 17, 2012 9:36 PM

AwesomeStories is about primary sources. The stories exist as a way to place original materials in context and to hold those links together in an interesting, cohesive way (thereby encouraging people to look at them). It is a totally different kind of web site in that its purpose is to place primary sources at the forefront - not the opinions of a writer. Its objective is to take the site's users to places where those primary sources are located.

This educational, curriculum-support teaching/learning tool is also designed to support state and national standards. Each story on the site links to online primary-source materials which are positioned in context to enhance reading comprehension, understanding and enjoyment. This site is free but it requires a sign-up to access all materials.

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Under His Hat: Discovering Lincoln's Story from Primary Sources

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From www.underhishat.org - June 8, 2013 11:02 PM

"Under His Hat is the home of the Lincoln Collection Digitization Project, a thematic online-education resource about the United States' 16th President, Abraham Lincoln...[The site] uses primary source materials from the more than 52,000 Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln-era artifacts and documents known as the Lincoln Collection. These primary source materials are presented in thematic groupings to bring Lincoln's history to life for a global audience."

Beth Dichter's insight:

If your class will be studying Abraham Lincoln check out this great resource that provides primary source materials using the themes listed below.

* Paying the Price

* Mr. Lincoln's Desk

* Lincoln and the Frontier

* Lincoln and the War Part 1

* Lincoln and the War Part 2

* Iconic Lincoln

* Lincoln the Politician

* Personal Lincoln

The resources include hands-on activities, critical thinking activities, references and more. Each item has a Suggested Classroom Activities page that may be downloades and some of the items include a video presentation and/or a podcast. 

 

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Michele Alvarez's curator insight, June 10, 2013 3:22 PM

This will be a great resource to go with "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson and the ELA6 CCSS :) Thanks for sharing!
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The Library of Congress does CCSS « NeverEndingSearch

The Library of Congress does CCSS « NeverEndingSearch | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From blog.schoollibraryjournal.com - October 28, 2012 6:43 PM

The Library of Congress (LOC) "has made its already fabulous teaching resources–designed to inspire analysis, critical thinking, and the value of working with primary sources–more findable for teachers by aligning them to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)." This post, by Joyce Valenza, provides a great in-depth look at how to  Search by Standards and also suggests some of the other tools available at the LOC. 

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