Exploration Exploring History Through Primary Sources

ISBN: 0-7439-3938-7

Price: $129.00

Use original documents and photographs as well as letters, maps, cartoons, and posters to help students explore the past. Primary sources provide unique insight into the lives of people in different time periods. Each kit includes: 16 photographs and primary source documents--photo cards with background information, discussion questions, and suggested activities printed on the back; CD with photographs, other primary sources student activity sheets, and extension activities; and 80 page Teacher's Guide including lesson plans, background information, a wide variety of student activities, and a document-based assessment section to help students prepare for essays found on many standardized tests. Each kit also meets the NCSS standards for primary source documents. Photographs: Viking boat remains; Treaty of Tordesillas being signed; Marco Polo tapestry design; Portrait of Sir Francis Drake; Hernando Cortez portrait; Amerigo Vespucci portrait; Astrolabe; Sketch of James Cook meeting natives. Other items: Image of Magellan with his ship Three-masted ship; Ptolemaic map; World Map, 1651; Letter from Ponce de Leon; Letter to Columbus from Ferndinand and Isabela; Woodcut depicting Jacques Cartier's description of a native village; Drawings from a 15th century Ming book. This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.