1. Why Use Primary Sources in the Elementary Classroom?
Colorado Council for the Social Studies Conference
April 14, 2017

2. Introductions Kile Clabaugh, Project Coordinator, Teaching with
Primary Sources Western Region
Stephanie Hartman,
Social Studies Content Specialist, CDE
Introductions

3. Session Overview What are primary sources
Strategies for using primary sources
Resources for using primary sources in the elementary classroom
Session Overview

4. Primary Sources Tell the Story of the People Who Lived History

5. Primary sources are the raw materials of history — original documents and objects which were created at the time under study. They are different from secondary sources, accounts or interpretations of events created by someone without firsthand experience.
Definition

6. Strategies Using primary sources in the elementary classroom:
Zoom – In
What’s the Story -
Write Around -
Strategies

7. The Primary Source Set Project
Requests from teachers in the field
A group of educators were invited to create primary source sets for grades K-6.
The result… over 25 primary source sets for elementary teachers will be available by the end of the summer!
The Primary Source Set Project

8. Primary Source Analysis Sheets
In the early planning stages of this project, we noticed that there weren’t any Primary Source Analysis Worksheets geared towards elementary students…..
So, we created some!
Primary Source Analysis Sheets

10. Website

11. What is a Primary Source Set?
The primary source sets are comprised of three parts:  
Lesson Overview
Primary Source Set and Lesson Ideas
Resource Set
What is a Primary Source Set?

13. Lesson Overview

14. Primary Source Set & Lesson Ideas
Elements:
Essential Question(s)
Sources
Background knowledge for teachers
Building background knowledge for students
Strategy instruction (ideas/suggestions for ways to use the primary sources)
Differentiation
Discussion
Assessment
Colorado Academic Standards
Sample activities
Additional sources
Primary Source Set & Lesson Ideas

16. Resource Set

18. All of today’s materials can be found in a GOOGLE Folder at the following URL:
Questions?