World History
How do you teach point of view or the "sourcing" of a primary source? In the video above, a teacher models how she sources a primary source. The documents are from the Stanford History education Group's Reading Like a Historian (SHEG).
- Smithonian Source - Resources For Teaching American History
Smithonian Source - Resources for Teaching American History. The site exclaims, "Find teacher-selected resources that allow you to peer over the historian's shoulder and share the excitement of discovery." Despite some annoying background music and...
- Wikinfo - Primary Source
Primary source. This is an encyclopedia article from Wikinfo which explains what a primary source is. From the site: A primary historical source is any piece of information that was created by someone who witnessed first hand or was part of the...
- Expansion Of Early Islamic Empire: Reading Like A Historian
The Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) has an excellent lesson on the spread of the early Islamic empire with primary documents. You can see the documents below but you should go to the SHEG site to download the teacher material. If you have...
- Black Death Documents (sheg)
Studying the black Death? Here's a great lesson from the Stanford History Education Group (SHEG)with two documents and two different interpretations of the Black Death. The lesson includes a chart for sourcing and contextualizing the documents. Understanding...
- Adapting Primary Sources From Beyond The Bubble
Here are some great tips on how to use primary sources with struggling readers from Beyond the Bubble, which is part of the Stanford History Education Group(SHEG). Although the example they use here is with a document from American history, the tips work...
World History
Reading Like a Historian: Sourcing a Document
How do you teach point of view or the "sourcing" of a primary source? In the video above, a teacher models how she sources a primary source. The documents are from the Stanford History education Group's Reading Like a Historian (SHEG).
- Smithonian Source - Resources For Teaching American History
Smithonian Source - Resources for Teaching American History. The site exclaims, "Find teacher-selected resources that allow you to peer over the historian's shoulder and share the excitement of discovery." Despite some annoying background music and...
- Wikinfo - Primary Source
Primary source. This is an encyclopedia article from Wikinfo which explains what a primary source is. From the site: A primary historical source is any piece of information that was created by someone who witnessed first hand or was part of the...
- Expansion Of Early Islamic Empire: Reading Like A Historian
The Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) has an excellent lesson on the spread of the early Islamic empire with primary documents. You can see the documents below but you should go to the SHEG site to download the teacher material. If you have...
- Black Death Documents (sheg)
Studying the black Death? Here's a great lesson from the Stanford History Education Group (SHEG)with two documents and two different interpretations of the Black Death. The lesson includes a chart for sourcing and contextualizing the documents. Understanding...
- Adapting Primary Sources From Beyond The Bubble
Here are some great tips on how to use primary sources with struggling readers from Beyond the Bubble, which is part of the Stanford History Education Group(SHEG). Although the example they use here is with a document from American history, the tips work...