Teaching American History Project

Primary Source Skills Lessons


Analyzing Political Cartoons
Grades 9-12 - Ben Scurto
Examples
Analysis Sheet

Analyzing Postcards from Historic Willimantic
Grades 9-12 - Chelsea Ferland
Historic Postcards and Trade Cards

Archeological Inquiry Lesson
Grade 6 - Max Echevarria
PowerPoint
Artifact Questions

Cemetery Lesson
Grade 8 - Russ Hart
Old Plainfield Cemetery Questions

Census Records
Grade 10 - Ben Scurto

Debate Format
Grades 7-12
Debate Format
Debate Roles
Debate Rubric
Debate Rules and Suggestions

Discrimination
Grades 9-12 - Marisa Haralson

Forming a New Government
Grades 9-12 - Marisa Haralson

Historic Court Cases
Grades 9-12 - Ben Scurto
Rubric and Links
The Trail of John Peter Zenger PowerPoint

Learning How to Analyze Primary Sources
Grades 8-9 - Chelsea Ferland
Primary Source Analysis Worksheet

Learning to Analyze Political Cartoons with Lincoln as a Case Study
Grade 8 - David Chassanoff
Elements and Symbols of Political Cartoons
Lincoln Chart
Lincoln Class Examples
Lincoln political cartoons PowerPoint
Political Cartoon Analysis Worksheet
Political Cartoon Drawing Activity

Memorializing American History
Grade 11 - Matthew Warner
Exploring American Memory
East Hartford High School Field Trip Post Walk

Michigan Avenue Photo Lesson
Grade 5 - Stanley Harris

Mysterious Coin Discovery
Grade 7 - Lisa Romasanta

Mystic Economy
Grade 5 - Stanley Harris and Jeff Burnham

Personal Artifacts
Grade 9 - Jarrid Clifton
PowerPoint

Pre-Textile Museum Visit

Primary Sources and Historical Conclusions
Grade 5 - Stanley Harris

Primary Source Lesson
Grades 9-12 - Ben Scurto
How to Analyze a Primary Source PowerPoint

Propaganda in the 1900s
Grades 10-12

Real Life Primary Sources
Grade 5 - Stanley Harris

Teaching History Through Songs and Poems
Grades 9-12 - Ben Scurto
Lesson
Sample Songs and Poems

Teaching with Political Cartoons
Grades 7-12
Skills Lesson 1
Skills Lesson 2
Political Cartoons Skills PowerPoint 1
Political Cartoons Skills PowerPoint 2
Cartoon Analysis Worksheet

Three Songs and a Letter
Grades 9-12 - Sean Gilligan

Why Study History
Grades 6-12
PowerPoint

Voting Rights (1965)
Grade 8 - Dona Stratton, Elyse Poller

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2006-2009 Teaching American History
2009-2012 Teaching American History