SOCIAL STUDIES CBAS PRIMARY RESOURCES

Primary sources are artifacts, original or facsimiles of documents, maps, diaries and items from a historical time period. They are important to the Social Studies CBAs and EALRs.

Explanation of Primary and Secondary Sources (download PowerPoint)

Marianne Hunter Timberline High School, North Thurston, Lacey, WA

Judy Pitchford, Washington State Library presented at WLMA 2005 conference

Library of Congress - teaching lessons

http://www.primarysourcelearning.org

Web sites that show the power of using primary resources include:

• Martha Ballard Diary - includes teaching tools such as the magnifier/translator that shows the original diary and changes it into an easy-to-read font.  Students can even try their own interpretation of the original script.

• Diary of Opal Whiteley - the diary of a young girl in Oregon at the end of the 19th century, including teacher's guides, a timeline and more

Powerpoint Explanation of Primary and Secondary Sources (.ppt)

Marianne Hunter Timberline High School, North Thurston, Lacey, WA

Judy Pitchford, Washington State Library, presented at WLMA 2005 conference

• primary print resources

• primary online resources

• Washington museums with educational programs

• museums with traveling boxes

Archival Activity Guide for primary resources by ischool students presented at the WLMA 2004 conference- Linda Corets, Shannon Lynch, Noella Natalion, and Marjorie Ann Reeves

• Joyce Valenza's primary sources - http://mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us/%7Espjvweb/primary.html

• Library of Congress - American Memories - digital artifacts with teacher lessons and help - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/

• Museums - State Capitol and others http://www.wshs.org/wscm/schools.htm

• National Archives - http://www.archives.gov/education/index.html

• National Archives video on Google - http://video.google.com/nara.html

• National Archives (U.S. artifact analysis sheets and lessons) http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/

• National Archives (Great Britain) - http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/

• Northwest Digital Archives http://nwda.wsulibs.wsu.edu/

• Regional Archives Pacific Alaska in Seattle - http://www.archives.gov/pacific-alaska/seattle/education/

• Regional Universities

• University of Idaho Special Collections Library - Digital American History Primary Resources

• University of Washington Libraries - http://content.lib.washington.edu/

• Washington State University Libraries - http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/digital/

• Washington State Historical Society tools of the trade - http://www.historylab.org/curriculum/tools_resource_kit.htm

• Wenatchee SD list of primary sources - http://pio.wsd.wednet.edu/library/primarysources.html