Implementing primary sources

1. Books

Identifying and exploring relationships from the past and in the present

Students can sequence events and thinking about causes and consequences

Make a glossary with the most relevant terms of the book.

2.Autobiographies

Interpreting experiences, decisions, and actions

Retell the story about.

Make a slide presentation that shows the life and the most important events.

3.Newspaper articles

Research about the images they see, and the date of the events.


Giving a snapshot of a time period detailing how people lived

Providing multiple points of view about an issue, including a comparison nowadays.

4. Poems

Students can explore the author work and its cultural impact

Explore perspective and specific moments in time.

7. Government issues

Create a timeline about the events.

Research statistical compilations such as census data

6. Songs

create a mind map about how music has changed.

Leanr a song for a specific period of time.

5. Magazines

Seeing how people viewed an event when it happened

Make a collage about the most important articles.

Research to trace the historical development of subjects over time.