SIRS DecadesPrimary sources documenting life

and events in 20th-century America

2008

SIRS Decades

• ~ 5,000 primary source docs with editorially written captions.

• 100+ topic essays, researched and written by ProQuest editors.

• ~ 200 source titles including special collections and document archives.

• 100+ DBQs correlated to history standards by educational expert.

What’s in Decades?

Welcome to SIRS Decades

• Covers 20th Century U.S. History and related topics.

• High-interest primary sources required by middle and high school social studies departments.

• Editorially selected content and editorially created introductions improve student understanding.

SIRS® Decades

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• Documents• Photos• Editorial Cartoons• Speeches• Advertisements• Posters• Personal Letters• Maps/Charts• Literary Works• Art• Multimedia

(via weblinks)

Content Types

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• Selected UMI microfilm chosen, annotated, and digitized by ProQuest editors.

• Document images, some digitized for the first time!— Library of Congress— Scribner’s— Billboard— FDR Presidential

Museum— NARA— More…

Content Sources

SIRS Decades

• Researched and written by ProQuest editors for each decade topic.

• In-text links to additional resources.

Decade Essays

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• Document Based Questions available for every topic.— Students analyze,

synthesize, and reference documents to answer essay question.

— Part of AP and some state testing (New York).

DBQs

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• Special feature shows connections between past and present issues and topics.

• Inline links to current information.

“So What?”

SIRS Decades

• Decade browse buttons

• Keyword/Natural Language Search

• Subject Heading Search

• Results sorting: Relevance/Date

• Date limit option• Limit source type

checkboxes• Links to DBQs,

standards, timeline

Home Page

SIRS Decades

• Home page links• Decades browse

buttons• Breadcrumb navigation

links• Previous and next

buttons• Topics links list• Thumbnail graphics• Inline hyperlinks

Decade Browse Pages

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• Source and PDF version (for printing)

• Email document link

• Multi-page document (previous/next)

• Summary• Document image• Transcriptions

DocumentFeatures

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• Create a newspaper for an historical topic or event.

• Compare daily life then and now (cost of food, fashion, automobiles).

Student UsageIdeas

SIRS Decades

• Compare social issues then and now (music, drug use, women’s rights).

• Prepare for the AP U.S. History examination (DBQs).

Student UsageIdeas

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