Thirteen curriculum-aligned titles with a wealth of primary sources that enhance students' understanding of American history.
Your students watched skirmishes in Iraq on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News. But did they have the information literacy skills to identify points of view, form hypotheses, and draw informed conclusions? They will—if they have Teaching With Documents.
The Teaching With Documents series challenges students to evaluate historical evidence and provides them with the context and tools to do so. Each of the 13 units is made up of a number of exercises designed to supplement students' study of a period in American history. Exercises include reproductions of documents, classroom activities, and skill-building worksheets. Documents include official correspondence, letters, posters, treaties, and more.
Developed in partnership with the National Archives, each title is aligned to the National Council for the Social Studies and the National Council for History Education curriculum standards. Simple, yet effective, related activities help students understand content and develop information literacy skills, such as listening for facts and general content. Useful for both students researching American history and teachers looking for engaging materials, Teaching With Documents closes the gap between the classroom and the library.
Highlights
- Interesting, relevant selection of primary sources aligned to the American history curriculum
- Correlated to NCSS and NCHE curriculum standards
- Easy-to-follow lesson plans that help teachers integrate primary sources into the curriculum
Features- 13 curriculum-aligned units covering more than 200 years of American development
- Each unit includes a teacher's guide booklet with a set of reproductions of original documents, worksheets for student activities, as well as a CD-ROM with digital images of original documents
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