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These resources will support Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies 6-12.
Updated on Jan 26, 12
Created on Jan 09, 12
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There is a correlation between the Historical Thinking Standards and the Literacy Standards for Social Studies.
Use the analysis worksheets from Docs Teach for various types of resources and media to help student analyze primary sources
The National Archives Experience Docs Teach section contain ready made activities, tools to create your own activities, and a wealth of primary source documents. Create an account in order to save documents and create custom made activities.
While this site is limited to four main historical concepts, the teacher and student sections contain valuable information on using primary and secondary sources. This could be used as a guide to create your own literacy activities.
This site provides a wealth of resources and ideas for teaching all areas of social studies. Comprehensive guide for tools (with tutorials) for student projects and activities. The focus of the lessons are inquiry based.
A good resource for teachers and students. Students can get the big ideas behind the topics while teachers can find additional resources.
Good site for data related to economics. You can download the charts into an Excel spreadsheet for further analysis.
Note: this video is graphic in several sections. This idea could be used as a student project to summarize historic events using primary and secondary resources for a specific time period or event.
Check out US History Animated and Teaching the Civil War with Technology.
17 items | 33 visits
These resources will support Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies 6-12.
Updated on Jan 26, 12
Created on Jan 09, 12
Category: Schools & Education
URL: