1. LEARNING HISTORY THROUGH DOCUMENTS 170 Central Park West at Richard Gilder Way (77th Street) New York, NY 10024

2. Types of Primary Source Documents Letters Journals Maps Speeches Political Cartoons Songs Court Decisions Memoirs Newspapers Broadsides (Advertisements) Money

3. Why do historians study documents? Eye-witness accounts provide a richer and more descriptive explanation of the past. Reading words of those who lived in the past provides color and excitement that cannot be reproduced in textbooks. Primary sources provide multiple perspectives and interpretations of the same event. Personal texts have an open and candid quality that contrasts with more formal or official documents.

4. George Washington’s Diary [12-18 February 1797] A Meteorological account of the Weather Kept at Mount Vernon Feby 1797 12 In the Morning 47 N.W. clear49 W. clear50 S. clear 1346 E. cloudy48 E. raining48 N.E. raining 1445 N. raining46 N. rainy45 W. cloudy 1545 S.w. clear47 W. clear45 W. clear 1636 N.W. clear42 W. clear & Blowing40 W. clear 1740 S. & cloudy some showers42 S. cloudy40 S. cloudy & raining 1841 E. Rain42 N.E. Rain40 N.W. clear What do you think George Washington wrote about in his diary? "Farmer George." The Papers of George Washington. Alderman Library, University of Virginia. Web. 06 Jan. 2012..

5. Martha Ballard’s Diary Find it online: http://dohistory.org/diary/index.html

7. Colonial American Hornbook Alphabet Vowels Lord’s Prayer Hornbook, Reproduction, Touch Collection of New-York Historical Society

8. Letters: Harriot Washington to George Washington Mt Vernon April 2d 1790 I now set down to write to my dear Uncle as I have not wrote to him since he left this place I should have done it but I thought you had so much business that I had better write to Aunt Washington yet I am sure you would be very glad to se me improveing myself by writeing letters to my friend's. I am a going to ask you My Dear Uncle to do something for me which I hope you will not be against but I am sure if you are it will be for my good, as all the young Ladyes are a learning musick, I will be very much obleiged to you if you will send me a gettar, there is a man here by the name of Tracy that teaches to play on the harpsicord & gettar, a gettar is so simple an instrument that five or six lessons would be sufficient for any body to learn, If you think it proper to send me a gettar I will thank you if you will send it by the first opportunity I was informed the other day that you and Aunt Washington were certainly a comeing home this Summer which gave me a great deal of pleasure for I want to see you very much. If you please to give my love to Aunt Washington Nelly & Washington. I am My Dear Uncle your Sincere Neice Harriot Washington. "Uncle George." The Papers of George Washington. Alderman Library, University of Virginia. Web. 06 Jan. 2012..

9. Letters: George Washington to Dr. John Cochrane

10. Signatures Excerpted from a reproduction of a letter from George Washington to Dr. John Cochrane; August 16, 1779. New-York Historical Society Library Superscript Abbreviations Long “s”

11. Broadsides (Advertisements) Broadside, 1773, New-York Historical Society Library Department of Prints, Photographs and Architectural Collections

12. Make your own broadside Help students write messages that could go on a broadside Advertise the next school play or assembly Create a post about a lost scarf or glove. Invite fellow students to a class party Soak paper for each student in tea and let dry Stencil a border on paper Use stamps (mix lower and upper case) to create a message and date on the stained paper Post broadsides around your school

13. Maps http://clustermsocialstudies.pbworks.com/w/page/9396732 /The%20%20Original%2013%20Colonies From Primary Sources Teaching Kit: Colonial America by Karen Baicker, Scholastic Publishing 2002

14. Paper Money Five Dollar Note, 1776, New York, Collection of the New-York Historical Society

15. Paper Money Samuel London, Five Dollar Note, 1776, New York, Collection of the New-York Historical Society

16. Coin Money Recto Verso Image from: http://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/facts-about-benjamin-franklin.html Fugio “I Fly” 1 cent coin Issued April 27, 1787, design suggested by Benjamin Franklin

17. Political Cartoons “ horse America, throwing his master”: Westminster : Pubd. by Wm. White, 1779 Aug. 1, etching. LC-USZC4-5286 (color film copy transparency) LC-USZ62-1521 (b&w film copy neg.) Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

18. Pewterer’s Banner, 1788, 1903.12 "The Federal Plan Most Solid & Secure Americans Their Freedom Will Endure All Art Shall Flourish in Columbia's Land And All her Sons Join as One Social Band" Document, Object, Image

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