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ROY P. BENAVIDEZCONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTUNIT OVERVIEW3. Say: “Our lesson today will focus on the different kinds of evidence thathistorians use to recreate historical periods. Those sources are broken intotwo categories: primary and secondary sources.PROCEDUREThe teacher will:Guide the students through the interactive notes page on the definitions ofprimary and secondary sources.Guidelines for using interactive notes:1. Duplicate enough copies of the student worksheet.2. Using an overhead transparency of the teacher version of the interactivenotes, the teacher will guide the students through the notes by reading thenotes and writing the words that go in the blanks, allowing the students tocopy the correct words as they follow along. Only one line of print should beshown at one time to keep the students focused on the discussion. Whennotes are complete, the teacher asks students to read the notes aloud, andthe teacher answers any questions that students have about the notes.The students will:Examine the materials assembled for the lesson and complete a worksheetidentifying them as primary or secondary resources.CLOSUREThe students will choose an item from the day’s lesson and explain whether it isa primary or secondary source and tell why.EVALUATIONThe teacher will grade the worksheet on completeness and accuracy. Rubricprovided.The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History ~ http://www.cah.utexas.edu/ 0.8
ROY P. BENAVIDEZCONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTUNIT OVERVIEWLearning to Identify Primary and Secondary SourcesPrimary sources are records of events as they are firstdescribed without anyone else’s interpretation (whatthey think it means) or analysis (taking it apart to findmeaning). These items can be letters, photographs,maps, printed material such as newspapers, video andsound recordings, and physical objects such asclothing, furniture, or tools.Secondary sources offer an analysis or an explanationof primary sources. Some secondary sources useprimary sources to support a certain opinion or idea.Examples of secondary sources are dictionaries,encyclopedias, textbooks, books, and articles.The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History ~ http://www.cah.utexas.edu/ 0.9
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