The Process

1. Collecting Information: To prepare your handout, survey the links below. Gather important points that will help you answer the two questions.

Primary Sources Overview

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/psources/source.html

http://www.youthsource.ab.ca/teacher_resources/ps_overview.html

http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/history_in_the_raw.html

How to Read a Primary Source

http://www.historydoctor.net/Advanced%20Placement%20U.S.%20History/How%20to%20Read%20a%20Primary%20Source.htm

Links to Help You with Your Study of History

http://www.historydoctor.net/

2. Preparing Your Handout:

Use a word processing program or publishing program that you are comfortable using. Be sure your handout clearly answers the following two questions:

What are primary sources?

· What makes a resource a primary source?

· What are the different forms in which you can find primary sources? (Text, maps, etc.)

· Where can you find primary sources?

Why should teachers use primary sources as a part of a classroom lesson?

· Why should students be exposed to primary sources?

· How do primary sources enhance the use of the textbook?

· How does a primary source act as a window to the past?