* If you were writing a textbook about [choose a topic], what three or four things would you want to know about that period?
 
 
 

* Where might you find information about the topics you listed above?

Topic                                                                                 Sources of Information
 
 

Topic                                                                                 Sources of Information
 
 

Topic                                                                                 Sources of Information
 

* Historians use primary and secondary sources. Primary sources are those created by people who actually saw or participated in an event and then recorded that event or their reactions to it immediately.

Secondary sources are those created by someone either not present or removed from it in time. Classify sources you listed above? Where or how might you look for more primary sources? What is the role of oral history or oral testimony or stories in history?
 
 
 

* What critical thinking and historical thinking skills are needed in analyzing primary documents?
 

* What critical thinking and historical thinking skills are needed in interpreting documents and writing accounts of historical events based upon study of documents?
 

* What exercises can you develop that will support students to develop these skills and take the work of Introducing documents further?
 
 
 

* What can you do to assure that multiple perspectives on historical events are present and accessible to your audience?