Students write a journal about the nature of artifacts, work in small groups to evaluate a primary source document and its historical significance, and conduct a brief on-line research project by locating and presenting primary source documents related to a historical event. Review the Academic Content Standards related to this lesson. Work in small groups to evaluate a primary source document and its historical significance. Conduct a brief on-line research project by locating primary source documents related to a historical event and create a visual display or poster of the event.
Students then share their answers, and the teacher writes responses on the board.
Each source should be somehow related to the content of the class or is a topic of interest to the students. Each student in the group should be assigned a different role to facilitate productivity within the group. Read your document or examine your photograph carefully, and summarize what the document says or what the photo shows. Examine the style of writing used by the author of the document. For a photo, notice the perspective and composition.