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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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    I am in an IB school so on the IB exam the students have to compare and contrast the content of two sources. Throughout their freshmen year, we practice compare and contrast so that they will be prepared for their junior and senior year classes.  My favorite compare and contrast that we do is for WWI as it is comparing and contrasting two poems. The first poem is from the beginning of the war and the second poem is at the end of the war. I intentionally do not tell the students about the authors in advance as they often begin to compare the authors (both are men, both are British) rather than the content. By comparing the poems at different time frames of the war, the students are able to see how the views of the war changed and why. I then give the students the authors backgrounds and it makes it clear to the students why the thoughts have changed. 

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