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Primary Sources and Comparison

Ebony McKiver

How do you incorporate primary sources and historical evidence into comparison activities? What sources have worked well for encouraging deeper analysis?

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    I feel that before using primary sources to compare it is important to have students practice with less difficult sources and have a good understanding of what we want in their comparisons. The first time…

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    For my Compare and Contrast activity, I am having the kiddos analyze four different propaganda posters from World War I. I provide guiding questions to help them understand what they read, what they see, what it means, and what the impacts are of each poster/example. Afterwards, they select their two favorites and complete a chart comparing and contrasting them. This will provide for a variety of answers and allow for meaningful discussion at their table groups since, theoretically, each student selects different propaganda to compare and contrast.

    I haven't created it yet, but I can repurpose this activity for World War II and then do it again across the two wars and across different countries and their perspectives. 

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    For my Compare and Contrast activity, I am having the kiddos analyze four different propaganda posters from World War I. I provide guiding questions to help them understand what they read, what they see, what it means, and what the impacts are of each poster/example. Afterwards, they select their two favorites and complete a chart comparing and contrasting them. This will provide for a variety of answers and allow for meaningful discussion at their table groups since, theoretically, each student selects different propaganda to compare and contrast.

    I haven't created it yet, but I can repurpose this activity for World War II and then do it again across the two wars and across different countries and their perspectives. 

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