Browse Using Primary Sources
This teaching strategy encourages students to make careful observations and thoughtful interpretations and ultimately helps stimulate curiosity and sets the stage for inquiry. [...] »
Discover historic landscapes with this guide to reading landscapes produced by the University of Wisconsin at Madison. [...] »
Transform film from a source of entertainment to a piece of historical evidence. [...] »
Learn how to teach your students historical thinking with this informative video from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. [...] »
Explore the SOCC analysis technique with this great website. [...] »
So you don't live near Gettysburg or the Alamo—can you still teach with historic place? Of course! says James A. Percoco. [...] »
See this Flash movie for a peek at how historians read and question sources. [...] »
Check out these sites for excellent primary source material. [...] »
Check out these sites for primary sources grouped into sets by topic, grade-level appropriateness, and other factors. [...] »
This website by the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery will help students analyze artistic works. [...] »
