Students must find information about what was happening in the world, state and local community for the year they chose. Brainstorm about all the kinds of primary sources. Have students bring in their own examples. Older students could assemble their own primary source scrap book, portfolio, hyper studio, or storyboard of primary sources about one year in their life. Use the Truman Trunk.
Students make their own shoe box trunks.
Using Primary Sources Develop a class project that uses secondary and primary sources. This project could take a few weeks to complete. See ideas on the next section. Show some examples. Explore the Internet for project examples that others have done.