Students will gain skills necessary for researching by locating credible and original sources, determining if the sources are primary or secondary, ascertaining the qualifications and reputation of ...

In this lesson, students view an excerpt from the Rogue Book that introduces a 1909 book featuring hundreds of clippings for lost and wanted men from the early 20th century. They analyze pages from ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What are good ways to have students learn about—and use—primary sources? Primary sources can be great tools to inspire students to engage with history. They can also ...

When prepping for his first year teaching Advanced Placement African American Studies, California teacher Nick Kennedy was in the market for a framework to guide his students in exploring primary ...

In the study of history, almost nothing can provide the kind of context and authenticity of a primary source – an original, firsthand account of a moment or a period in time. Known as “the raw ...

This collection of resources facilitates critical analysis of a pivotal moment in U.S. foreign policy history. It contains a brief historical overview, a curated set of primary source documents, a ...

History Vault is a digital collection of primary sources, spanning organizational records, declassified government documents, newspaper articles, diary entries, official correspondence, personal ...

What are primary sources?: Primary sources are materials produced by people who either participated in or observed firsthand a historical event or development. These materials are what historians ...