How do you incorporate primary sources and historical evidence into comparison activities? What sources have worked well for encouraging deeper analysis?
How do you incorporate primary sources and historical evidence into comparison activities? What sources have worked well for encouraging deeper analysis?
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…
Sources:
Digital Inquiry Group (formerly SHEG) has some good collections of sources, which sometimes include visual sources. The DBQ Project also has some useful collections that go beyond DIG's sources. For visual sources, sometimes I find universities or museums that have relevant collections curated. For example, MIT has a collection of visual images that I use for Commodore Perry and the opening of Japan: https://visualizingcultures.mit.edu/black_ships_and_samurai/index.html.
Sources:
Digital Inquiry Group (formerly SHEG) has some good collections of sources, which sometimes include visual sources. The DBQ Project also has some useful collections that go beyond DIG's sources. For visual sources, sometimes I find universities or museums that have relevant collections curated. For example, MIT has a collection of visual images that I use for Commodore Perry and the opening of Japan: https://visualizingcultures.mit.edu/black_ships_and_samurai/index.html.