Analyzing and Writing With Primary Sources

"Create a rich learning environment and support deeper thinking with primary sources. This resource provides teachers with thought-provoking questions to help students perform deep analysis of various types of primary sources for specific social studies and English language arts instructional purposes. Each lesson begins with students closely reading with a purpose followed by a series of text-dependent questions that help students to build meaning. At the conclusion of the lesson, students create a written product to demonstrate their understanding and show what they have learned"--