Primary source pathfinder
Teaching Inquiry with Primary Sources
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/tps/quarterly/inquiry_learning/article.html
Thinking Like a Historian
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/tps/quarterly/historical_thinking/article.html
Making Thinking Visible
http://pzweb.harvard.edu/vt/VisibleThinking_html_files/06_AdditionalResources/makingthinkingvisibleEL.pdf
The Visible Thinking approach maintains that when learners speak, write or draw their ideas they deepen their cognition. Six key principles behind Visible Thinking are:
• Learning is a consequence of thinking
• Good thinking is not only a matter of skills, but also a matter of dispositions
• The development of thinking is a social endeavor
• Fostering thinking requires making thinking visible
• Classroom culture sets the tone for learning and shapes what is learned
• Schools must be cultures of thinking for teachers
Visible Thinking home page: http://www.pz.harvard.edu/vt/index.html
Selecting Questions to Increase Student Engagement
Stephen Wesson
30 August 2011
http://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/2011/08/selecting-questions-to-increase-student-engagement/
“What’s the most frustrating part of teaching with primary sources? They’re often incomplete and have little context. What’s the most rewarding part of teaching with primary sources? They’re often incomplete and have little context.”
Primary sources are the raw materials of history. They provide an opportunity to foster curiosity, critical thinking skills and to construct knowledge.
Selecting Primary Sources, Part III: Thinking about Perspective
http://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/2011/08/selecting-primary-sources-part-iii-thinking-about-perspective/
Sites for Primary source resources
Library of Congress www.loc.gov
New York State Archives – Using primary sources in the classroom
http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/digital/video/video_instructional_classroom.shtml
http://www.rny.nysed.gov/r/otherpeople/otherpeople_inclassroom.shtml
Repositories of Primary Sources by State: