1. Social Studies Teacher Lake Stevens Middle School
Using Primary Sources with Materials & Lessons from the Library of Congress May 5, 2012
Ms. Patricia Brownlee
Social Studies Teacher
Lake Stevens Middle School

2. Today’s Objectives: What is a primary source? What’s not?
Why Use Primary Sources?
Examine primary sources
Conduct primary sources analysis
Visit & Familiarize yourself with the Library of Congress Website

3. Primary Sources are:
The raw materials of history – original documents & objects which were created at the time under study.
They are different from secondary sources, or accounts or interpretations of events created by someone without firsthand experience.

6. 3 Steps of Primary Source Analysis
Observe: to watch somebody or something attentively, especially for scientific purposes
Reflect: to express or be an indicator of something , to think carefully
Question: to raise doubts about something, especially about its truth, genuineness, or usefulness

8. What do you observe?
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9. Any thoughts? What are your reflections?
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10. What questions do you have?
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20. PRIMARY SOURCES & INQUIRY
The activity will require the following resource:
Primary Source Analysis Tool (Preliminary)
Deconstruction Tool (Follow-Up)

25. This concludes this portion of your workshop on Primary Source Document Analysis & Inquiry
Thank you!

26. Please feel free to contact me for any reason.
Ms. Patricia Brownlee
Social Studies Teacher
Lake Stevens Middle School
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