Social Studies
CULTURAL ARTIFACTS AND PRIMARY SOURCES
Assignment Simulations Case Studies Art & Music Cultural Artifacts & Primary Sources Field Trips Student Research Syllabus	Questions: What are primary sources and cultural artifacts? Where can teachers (and/or students) find primary sources and artifacts? Once teachers and students have the primary sources, what should they do with them? How should they process them? What are some specific primary sources/artifacts for which grade levels? Are primary sources/artifacts used differently at primary grades compared to upper grades? How can technology support social studies curriculum? What are strengths and limitations, advantages and disadvantages of this topic? Resources: Be sure to check out the book resources. Web pages: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/psources/studqsts.html analyzing primary sources http://www.ancestry.com/learn/start/analyzing.htm http://edsitement.neh.gov/reference_shelf_analyzing.asp http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/sia/photo.htm http://www.askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/Archaeology/ARL0002.html ask eric http://www.askeric.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Social_Studies http://www.nara.gov/education/classrm.html http://www.jackdaws.com Primary Source Worksheets: http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching/analysis/analysis.html Creating a School Archives: http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching/archives/school.html   If you have time, do a search for primary sources and artifacts. (Try http://www.google.com) What other questions or topics should the next group studying this topic focus upon? POWERPOINT
EdTe 305	California State University, Sacramento February, 2003