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social studies,exploring history,exploring history through primary sources,primary source documents,WWII,WW11,NCSS standards,history,middle school teacher resources World War II Exploring History Through Primary Sources
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: Hitler accepting an ovation of the Reichstag; Aircraft spotter in London; USS Arizona burning at Pearl Harbor; American soldiers landing on the coast of France on D-Day; The "Big Three" at the Yalta Conference in 1945; Flag raising on Iwo Jima; Concentration camp victims in 1945; Atomic bomb smoke plume. Primary Sources: Early naval dispatch about Pearl Harbor; War ration book from1942; German propaganda cartoon; We Can Do It! poster celebrating "Rosie the Riveter"; Note from General Eisenhower on D-Day; Two letters between a soldier and his family from 1944; Western Union telegram telling of a soldier's death; 1949 court judgment for "Tokyo Rose". This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.
Price: $129.00


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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: James Madison portrait; John Adams portrait; Thomas Jefferson portrait; The inside of Independence Hall; The White House; The Capitol Building; Washington's Inauguration; John Jay portrait. Primary Sources: Articles of Confederation; The Constitution; Bill of Rights; Magna Carta; Monroe Doctrine; A map of the plan for Washington, D.C.; "Ode for the 4th of July" written in 1788; Constitutional voting record by state. This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.
Price: $129.00


social studies,exploring history,exploring history through primary sources,primary source documents,NCSS standards,history,middle school teacher resources Medieval Times Exploring History Through Primary Sources
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: Castle de Chillon in Switzerland; Statues at Westminster Abbey; Joan of Arc's Tower in Rouen, France; Stained Glass from Canterbury Cathedral; Tower of London; Interior of the Beverley Minster; A knight and horse in full armor; Exterior view of Notre Dame in Paris, France. Primary Sources: Section of the Bayeux Tapestry; Portrait of William the Conqueror; Stone effigy of Eleanor of Aquitaine; Map of Europe in the time of Charlemagne; Sketching of Pope Urban II's meeting to call for the First Crusade; A page from The Canterbury Tales; Two pages from the Gutenberg Bible; Magna Carta. This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.
Price: $129.00


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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: Royal Presidio of Monterey; Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo; California flag; Sutter's Mill; Chinese immigrants working in the mines; Mono Indian home; Biddy Mason portrait; Portrait of Cesar Chavez. Other items: California currency 1782-1879; Map of Californian exploration; Emigrants' Guide to Oregon and California; Japanese American relocation flyer from World War II; Union Pacific Railroad poster; Constitution of the State of California; Spanish galleon ship; American Indian clam shell money. This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.
Price: $129.00


westward expansion,western expansion teacher resources Pioneers Exploring History Through Primary Sources
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: Cowboys along the Chisholm Trail; Pioneer children in front of their school; Man panning for gold during the gold rush; Pile of bison bones; View inside a covered wagon; Portraits of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark; American Indian camp; and Log cabin being built. Other: Johnnycake recipe card; Mormon trail map; Donner Party diary entry from Patrick Breen; Homestead Act poster; Lewis and ClarkÕs American Indian Friendship Medal; Map of the trail of Lewis and Clark; Title page from a book about life on the Santa Fe Trail; and Oregon Trail quilt. This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.
Price: $129.00


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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: Cattle roundup; Family with their covered wagon; Joining tracks in Promontory Point, Utah; Buffalo hide yard; Early years in Flagstaff, Arizona; Family in front of sod house; U.S. Marshals on Oklahoma land; Covered wagon train and railroad train. Primary Sources: Louisiana Purchase; James Brothers' Wanted Poster; Land Ordinance of 1787; Homestead Act document; Panoramic map of San Francisco shortly after gold was discovered; Alaska Treasury Warrant for $7.2 million; Annexation of Texas flyer; Letter from the trail by Narcissa Whitman. This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.
Price: $129.00


social studies,exploring history,exploring history through primary sources,primary source documents,NCSS standards,history,middle school teacher resources Texas Exploring History Through Primary Sources
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: Mission Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion; Signing the Civil Rights Act in 1964; Ranchers working in 1908; Portrait of Juan Seguin; Sam Houston portrait; Portrait of Miriam Ferguson; Bison hunt; Texas flag. Other items: Texas Ordinance of Secession; Western Union telegram about 1931 oil situation; Texas Ranger Oath; Declaration of Independence of Texas; Ratification of Texas Annexation; William Travis' letter from inside the Alamo; Letter from General Santa Anna about the Alamo; Texas currency 1838-1841. This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.
Price: $129.00


social studies,exploring history,exploring history through primary sources,primary source documents,NCSS standards,the american revolution,history,middle school teacher resources American Revolution Exploring History Through Primary Sources
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: America's Liberty Bell; Exterior view of Independence Hall; Painting of leaders drafting the Declaration of Independence; Drawing of the Boston Massacre by Paul Revere; Portrait of George Washington; Painting of John Paul Jones on his ship; Benjamin Franklin portrait; View of Faneuil Hall in Boston. Primary Sources: Political cartoons from Boston; Newspaper article protesting the Stamp Act; Map of the Battle of Bunker Hill; Drafting announcement for the Revolution; "Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death" speech; Declaration of Independence; Excerpt of the Articles of Capitulation signed by Cornwallis at Yorktown; Join or Die Snake. This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.
Price: $129.00


social studies,exploring history,exploring history through primary sources,primary source documents,NCSS standards,emigrate,emigration,history,middle school teacher resources Immigration Exploring History Through Primary Sources
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: Statue of Liberty; Eastern European immigrant family; Mediterranean immigrants; Angel Island; Aerial view of Ellis Island; Mulberry Street in New York City; Registry Hall on Ellis Island; Immigrants on the SS Amerika. Primary Sources: Naturalization papers; Inspection card from 1910; Ticket holder from the Red Star Line; Ship's manifest for passengers sailing from Antwerp; Chinese Labor Application for Return Certificate; Political cartoon entitled, "Uncle Sam Staggered by Immigrants"; Mexican Application for Border Permit Card; French map of the world in 1858. This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.
Price: $129.00


social studies,exploring history,exploring history through primary sources,primary source documents,NCSS standards,history,middle school teacher resources Great Depression Exploring History Through Primary Sources
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: Black Tuesday on Wall Street; Unemployed man asking for a job; Men from the Bonus Army; Farm foreclosure auction; Dust storm in Kansas; Migrant mother in California; Run on the banks; Roosevelt giving a Fireside Chat. Primary Sources: A Chicken for Every Pot advertisement; Presidential political cartoons; Little Orphan Annie comic strips; Depression recipes; A mother's letter to Eleanor Roosevelt; Eleanor Roosevelt's DAR resignation letter; Poster for government housing; "The Big Rock Candy Mountain" sheet music. This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.
Price: $129.00


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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: Rosa Parks being fingerprinted; Segregated waiting room sign from 1956; Woolworth sit-in, February 2, 1960; Burning Freedom Rider bus; Ku Klux Klansmen in front of burning cross; Governor Wallace in front of doors at University of Alabama; Protesters during the 1963 March on Washington; Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. Other items: NAACP membership drive poster; Poll Tax Amendment political cartoon; Brown v. Board of Education judgment; Civil Rights Act of 1964; Integrated Bus Suggestions from Montgomery, Alabama; President Johnson's diary entry for Voting Rights Act of 1965; Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech; Letter to the President about Birmingham church bombings. This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.
Price: $129.00


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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: Cotton gin; Standard Oil Company advertisement; Alexander Bell opening the New York to Chicago phone line; Children at work in a factory; Spinning Jenny design; One of the first assembly lines; Homestead Steel Strike; Early iron bridge. Other items: Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916; Map of the Union Pacific Railway; Early American inventions 1794 to 1906; Early steamboats; Western Union telegram about the First Flight; Andrew Carnegie political cartoon; Atlantic Cable Drawing; The first telegraph. This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.
Price: $129.00


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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: Indian chiefs and U.S. officials after the Battle of Wounded Knee; Men and women performing the Corn Dance in San Felipe Pueblo, New Mexico; Navajo blanket weaver using a loom; Sun-dried meat hanging in front of a teepee; Indian beehive oven in front of an adobe pueblo; Navajo hogan; A woman cutting wood on a Flathead Indian Reservation; Portrait of Yellow Dog. Primary Sources: Tribune Extra edition with a newspaper account of the Custer Massacre; Declaration of Allegiance signed by Native Americans; Aleutian boat sketches; Cherokee alphabet; Senate Bill 102 from 1830; Tlingit totem pole; Map of the Indian and Oklahoma Territories; Papago and Pima baskets. This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.
Price: $129.00


social studies,exploring history,exploring history through primary sources,ancient civilizations,primary source documents,NCSS standards,history,middle school teacher resources Ancient Egypt Exploring History Through Primary Sources
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: Crocodiles along the Nile River; Sphinx in front of a pyramid; Obelisk covered in hieroglyphics; The Rosetta Stone; Pyramid; Hatshepsut's temple; Art relief on a wall; Mummy of Ramses II. Primary Sources: Papyrus art piece; Howard Carter cleaning the mummy; King Tutankhamen's mask; Carter's note cards from excavation of Tutankhamen's tomb; Scarab beetle jewelry; A wall relief with gods; Key of life, the ankh, on papyrus; Champollion's notes from deciphering the Rosetta Stone. This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.
Price: $129.00


social studies,exploring history,exploring history through primary sources,ancient civilizations,primary source documents,NCSS standards,history,middle school teacher resources Ancient Greece Exploring History Through Primary Sources
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: The Acropolis in Athens; The Parthenon; Close-up of the Parthenon ruins; Greek Theater at Delphi; Zeus' temple at Olympia; Statue of a Greek woman; Statue of Poseidon; Octopus amphora. Primary Sources: Corinthian column top; Greek writing on a wall tablet; Collage of Greek theater masks; Three military helmets; Gold burial mask; Various Greek coins; Bust of Socrates; Sculpture of Homer's bust. This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.
Price: $129.00


social studies,exploring history,exploring history through primary sources,primary source documents,NCSS standards,history,middle school teacher resources Vietnam Conflict Exploring History Through Primary Sources
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: Smoke over Saigon during the Tet Offensive; Ho Chi Minh; Lyndon Johnson and Robert McNamara; 7th Cavalry Division in the field; Vietnam Veterans Memorial; Anti-war protest at Kent State University; Demonstrators at the 1968 Democratic National Convention; Joan Baez protest concert. Other items: POW/MIA symbol; Pocket card for U.S. personnel in Vietnam; Gulf of Tonkin Resolution; North Vietnamese flyer promoting protest; Letter from a Vietnamese immigrant; Stars & Stripes article about My Lai; Selective Service draft card; Stars & Stripes Map of Vietnam. This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.
Price: $129.00


renaissance,(exploring,history,through,primary,sources), teacher resources Renaissance Exploring History Through Primary Sources
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: Sistine Chapel; Portrait of Machiavelli; Botticelli's "Primavera"; Raphael's "School of Athens"; The Duomo in Florence; Donatello's "The Marzocco"; Ghiberti's "Gates of Paradise"; "Dante with his Poem" by Domenico di Michelino. Other items: Henry VIII's response to Martin Luther; Engraving of the Reformation leaders; Da Vinci's notes on his flying machine; "Moses" by Michelangelo; Denunciation slot at Doge's palace; Record of microscopic observations of insects; Portrait of playwright William Shakespeare; Map of Florence. This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.
Price: $129.00


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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: Slab with Cuneiform script; Dagger and sheath from Ur; Ishtar Gate; Ruins of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon; The Standard of Ur; Ziggurat built around 1250 B.C.; Queen's lyre from Ur; Pendant of a Phoenician ship. Primary Sources: Relief of Sennacherib, king of Assyria: Persian king, Darius I; Stele of Hammurabi; Sargon of Akkad; Hittite hunting scene; Gilgamesh relief; Assyrian chariot; Sumerian religious statue. Includes ancient Iraq. This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.
Price: $129.00


social studies,exploring history,exploring history through primary sources,primary source documents,NCSS standards,history,middle school teacher resources New York Exploring History Through Primary Sources
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: New York flag; Henry Hudson portrait; 1855 illustration of New York harbor; Sketch of women working in New York factory; New York Stock Exchange building; Ellis Island; Federal Hall at President Washington's Inauguration; Image from September 2001. Other items: New York currency 1776-1864; New York State Constitution; Battle Map of Saratoga; Map of the Five Nations of the Iroquois; United Nations Charter; Erie Canal barges in 1825; Champlain and Huron fighting Iroquois in 1645; 1755 plan of the city of New York. This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.
Price: $129.00


social studies,exploring history,exploring history through primary sources,primary source documents,NCSS standards,the civil war,history,middle school teacher resources Civil War Exploring History Through Primary Sources
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 --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: President Lincoln with officers at the Antietam battlefield; Hot air balloon used by Union soldiers in 1862; General Grant in camp at Cold Harbor; Burial party at battlefield of Cold Harbor; Ruins of Charleston, South Carolina, in 1864; Black drummer boy in uniform; Mathew Brady's 1865 portrait of General Robert E. Lee; President Lincoln's box at Ford's Theatre. Primary Sources: Reviews of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin; Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin election banner from 1860; Emancipation Proclamation, 1862; Black soldier recruitment poster from 1863; Gettysburg Address; Letter from a Union soldier to his sister; Chickamauga battlefield map; Parole of Lee and his officers. This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.
Price: $129.00


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