- Interrogate these sources with their research question in mind.
- Look for examples of conflict and change over time
- Look for stories that might contribute to new understandings of a historical period
- Look for silences in the documents, and wonder about what is not there and why
- Examine different types of sources, including: newspapers, magazines, legal documents, census papers, maps, photographs,
drawings, cartoons, paintings, murals, memorials, advertisements, films
- Travel to locations to do fieldwork, looking closely at manmade spaces (buildings, streets, bridges) and natural spaces
(rivers, beaches, marshes, mountains, etc).
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- Interrogate these sources with their research question in mind.
- Observe, wonder and infer
- Examine different types of sources, including: newspapers, magazines, legal documents, census papers, maps, photographs, drawings, cartoons, paintings, murals, statues, advertisements, films.
- Travel to locations to do fieldwork, looking closely at manmade spaces (buildings, streets, bridges) and natural spaces (rivers, beaches, marshes, mountains, etc).
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- Teach students skills to be applied in
examining sources: reading skills and comprehension strategies, for example
- Lead discussions with students on how to examine
different types of primary sources.
- Help students distinguish between fact and inference, observation vs. judgment.
- Facilitate students doing independent
examinations of different types of sources � print, three-dimensional, still image, moving image, sound.
- Arrange and facilitate fieldwork (buses,
scheduling, etc.) to enable firsthand experiences.
- Prepare class for fieldwork: identify learning goals;
prepare assignments to observe, collect data
- Facilitate fieldwork on location
- Debrief fieldwork upon return to the classroom.
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