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Professional Development Work Shop for Teachers
Primary SourcesFor Ancient CivilizationsJoanne Sharpe
Primary Sources and Their Connection with Lesson Plans
The 6 Key Areas of Bloom’s Taxonomy will be satisfied when using primary source materials
Common Core Requirements will be met
Bloom’s Taxonomy
What is a Primary Source??• A primary source is direct evidence from
a certain period in history which includes: • Personal documents such as a diary,
speech, manuscript, letter, interview, news, film footage, autobiography, official records or survey
• Creative works such as poetry, drama, novels, music or art
• Relics or Artifacts such as pottery, furniture, or clothing
What does a Primary Source do?
Primary sources provide a window into the past
Primary sources give us a first hand account of a period in history
Its an unfiltered look into the historical record
Can give us a sense of what it was like to live during a particular period of time
Examples of Primary Sources
• Diary of Anne Frank• Declaration of Independence• Plato’s Republic• Native American Pottery• A Journal Article reporting new
research• King Tut’s Chariot• A Newspaper Clipping from when JFK
was assassinated
What are the benefits of using primary sources for the study of Ancient Civilizations
Student Engagement Development of critical thinking
skills Construction of knowledge
Student Engagement
Primary sources help students relate to the past through first hand accounts
The snippets of history provoke and encourage students to do additional research
First hand accounts bring history to life
Development of Critical Thinking
• State standards support teaching with primary sources to inspire students to think critically and analytically
• Students move from concrete observation and facts to questioning about the materials
• Students will learn how to use multiple primary sources to fill in blanks and find patterns
• Questions of bias, purpose and point of view may challenge students
Construction of Knowledge• Primary sources can encourage students
to wrestle with contradictions leading to a comparison of multiple sources that represent different views, confronting the complexity of the past
• Students construct knowledge as they form reasoned conclusions
• Students base their conclusions on evidence
• Students will learn how to synthesize multiple sources
How to Obtain Primary Sources
School Databases Online Searches
Databases for Ancient History
EBSCO JSTOR Gale- Artemis Literary Sources http://library.qc.cuny.edu/research/da
tabases.php
Online Resources for Ancient History
• Perseus Project-Perseus is a growing collection of online resources for studying the ancient world. Materials include ancient texts and translations, maps, articles, essays, and images from over 70 museums around the world. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
• The Chauvet Cave –Paleolithic Cave paintings in France. Historical information on the cave as well as paintings & other resources. http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/en/
• Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/teachers/additionalresources/relatedresources/world/primary.html
• Avalon Project Yale University-Ancient Documents from 4000BCE-399 AD. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/ancient.asp
Online Resources for Ancient History Continued
Fordham University Ancient History Sourcebook- http://legacy.fordham.edu/Halsall/ancient/asbookfull.asp
University of Memphis –Department of History-Primary Sources http://www.memphis.edu/history/histres.htm#organizations
Resources for History Teachers –wiki spaces Primary Sources http://resourcesforhistoryteachers.wikispaces.com/Primary+Sources+for+World+History
The End
Thank you for attending this PD Workshop