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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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    We often use primary sources as the evidence students then use to compare two places/peoples/perspectives or whatever it is being compared. These sources can be anything from political cartoons, to propaganda posters, to speeches, or photographs. I find images to be really helpful especially when working with my general education students because their is less of a focus on reading. We can focus more on the source and then using it to compare. 

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    We often use primary sources as the evidence students then use to compare two places/peoples/perspectives or whatever it is being compared. These sources can be anything from political cartoons, to propaganda posters, to speeches, or photographs. I find images to be really helpful especially when working with my general education students because their is less of a focus on reading. We can focus more on the source and then using it to compare. 

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