Contributor Mary A. Ritter

Update
11-20-2015
Content Type
Lesson Plan
Grade Level
Third grade, Fourth grade, Fifth grade, Sixth grade, Seventh grade, Eighth grade
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This is an introductory activity about the concept of primary sources. Students discuss personal primary sources in terms of published documents (like a birth certificate or passport), unpublished documents (like a letter or journal), oral histories (like a family story), and visual artifacts (like a photo or drawing).