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- Reading primary sources: Newspaper editorials
- This interactive guide to reading a 19th-century newspaper editorial steps through layers of questions, guiding the reader through the process of historical inquiry. This edition is one in a series of guides on reading historical primary sources.
- Format: newspaper (multiple pages)
- Religion and slavery in the American South: Comparing perspectives
- In this lesson plan, students consult a variety of primary sources from the Documenting the American South Collection to uncover the varied impacts of religion in the lives of slaves in the American South. They are encouraged to seek out multiple, and sometimes contradictory, perspectives of this history.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies)
- By Meghan Mcglinn.
- American Memory: North Carolina educator's guide
- Each article in this series features an in-depth look at one aspect of the Library of Congress' American Memory with a special focus on North Carolina materials.
- Format: series (multiple pages)
- Reading primary sources: Newspaper advertisements
- This interactive guide to reading classified advertisements in a 19th-century newspaper editorial steps through layers of questions, guiding the reader through the process of historical inquiry. This edition is one in a series of guides on reading historical primary sources.
- Format: newspaper (multiple pages)
- Reading primary sources: Letters
- This interactive guide to reading an 18th-century letter steps through layers of questions, guiding the reader through the process of historical inquiry. This edition is one in a series of guides on reading historical primary sources.
- Format: letter (multiple pages)
- Primary sources: a process guide for students
- Questions to consider when reading primary source documents.
- By Dan McDowell.
- Reading primary sources: Worksheet
- This worksheet breaks down the process of analyzing a primary source into five levels of questions: identify, contextualize, explore, analyze, and evaluate the source.
- Format: document/worksheet
- Reading primary sources: Slave narratives
- This interactive guide to reading a slave narrative steps through layers of questions, guiding the reader through the process of historical inquiry. This edition is one in a series of guides on reading historical primary sources.
- Format: interview (multiple pages)
- Cartoon analysis worksheet
- A worksheet for students to use when analyzing a cartoon, especially a political cartoon. It may be used directly on the computer as a PDF form.
- Format: document/worksheet
- The Learning Page: Getting started with primary sources
- In American Memory: North Carolina educator's guide, page 5
- Introduces a primary sources guide made available through the Library of Congress's The Learning Page. You'll also get an introduction to some of the LOC's lessons that will help your students use primary source materials.
- By Melissa Thibault.
- Primary sources analysis guide
- A series of questions to guide student analysis of primary source documents, based on "Reading Primary Sources: An Introduction for Students," by Kathryn Walbert. The handout can be adapted to meet the needs...
- Format: document/document
- About this "digital textbook"
- LEARN NC's "digital textbook" for North Carolina history provides a new model for teaching and learning. It makes primary sources central to the learning experience, using them to tell the stories of the past rather than merely illustrating it. Special web-based...
- Format: article
- Motion picture analysis worksheet
- Worksheet for students to use when analyzing historical motion pictures, such as documentaries, propaganda, and training films. It may be used directly on the computer as a PDF form.
- Format: document/worksheet
- Photo analysis worksheet
- A worksheet for students to use when analyzing a photograph. May be used directly on the computer as a PDF form.
- Format: document/worksheet
- Artifact analysis worksheet
- A worksheet for students to use when analyzing a physical artifact. It may be used directly on the computer as a PDF form.
- Format: document/worksheet
- Sound Recording Analysis Worksheet
- Worksheet for students to use when analyzing a sound recording. The worksheet assumes historical recordings produced in the United States, but could easily be adapted for other purposes. It may be used directly on the computer as a
- Format: document/worksheet
- Poster analysis worksheet
- Worksheet for students to use when analyzing propaganda posters. The worksheet assumes posters created by the United States government during the Depression and Second World War, but could be adapted for other purposes. It may be used directly on the computer...
- Format: document/worksheet
- Map analysis worksheet
- A worksheet for students to use when analyzing a map. The worksheet assumes that the map is used in conjunction with studying a specific historical event, but may easily be adapted for other purposes. It may be used directly on the computer as a
- Format: document/worksheet
- Written document analysis worksheet
- A worksheet for students to use when analyzing a written document. May be used directly on the computer as a PDF form.
- Format: document/worksheet
- Teaching with primary sources
- This collection of resources includes best practice articles, primary source process guides, lesson plans that model historical inquiry, and book-length materials that incorporate primary sources.
- Format: bibliography/help
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