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Lesson Plans
- Archival Citation (How to create proper footnotes and bibliographies of primary sources)
- General Primary Source Analysis and Interpretation (Lesson Plan, Document Analysis Worksheet, Document 1, Document 2)
- Oral History Analysis and Interpretation (Lesson Plan, Oral History Analysis Worksheet)
- Photographic Analysis and Interpretation (Lesson Plan, Photographic Analysis Worksheet)
- Transcription and Annotation of Historical Correspondence
- This exercise uses Tropy, a free note-taking program.
- Guidelines for Primary Source Literacy Assessment Rubric (TPS Collective)
- Historical Research and Critical Analysis of Primary Sources (PowerPoint)
Instructional Resources
- Guidelines for Primary Source Literacy (Society of American Archivists)
- Mapping the Guidelines: A Sample Scope and Sequence for the Primary Source Literacy Guidelines
- Ethically Teaching Primary Sources that Reflect Histories of Violence, Hate, and Oppression
- Open Educational Resources (OER). Free lesson plans that incorporate primary sources.
- Guides to Collections on General Research Topics
- Resources for Teaching with Primary Sources
- Powerpoint Presentations on Local and Regional History