Description

Bring K-12 history to life with inquiry-based learning centered on authentic maps, images, and documents

Teaching with Primary Sources Today empowers educators with guidance and practical tools for incorporating many types of primary sources in the classroom. Primary sources help students develop critical-thinking skills and discover how history connects to their world today. Drawing on current research and classroom-tested practices, this book provides a structured framework for selecting, analyzing, and integrating primary sources across grade levels and subject areas.

A robust collection of supplemental digital resources ensures that you can apply the strategies in this book right away. You'll get access to curated collections of primary sources and reproducible student-facing analysis pages. This framework engages students in history and social studies and develops a mindset of inquiry that will serve them well for years to come.

Teaching with Primary Sources Today

Provides strategies, inquiry prompts, and tips to support analysis of primary sources
Includes classroom-ready digital resources, including curated primary sources
Offers tools that can easily and immediately be implemented in any K-12 classroom
Covers digital media, AI-generated content, and manipulated images
Builds on the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) C3 framework

This resource aligns with curriculum standards including NCSS and college and career readiness standards.