Table of Contents

Foreword by Natiba Guy-Clement
Introduction
1—Differentiation
2—Choosing Sources: Teaching with Your Collections
3—Reading the Lessons in This Book
4—Document Analysis
5—Analyzing Historic Maps
6—Analyzing Political Cartoons
7—Understanding Bias in Historic Sources
8—Note Taking
9—Guiding and Essential Questions
10—Developing a Research Question
11—Claims and Counterclaims
12—Crafting a Thesis Statement
13—Avoiding Plagiarism: Paraphrasing
14—Citing Sources
15—Finding and Assessing Sources Online
Index
Standards Index

Promotional Information

Build confidence in delivering primary source–based instruction with easily adaptable, skill-based lessons that can be used in a variety of learning environments. Each lesson offers suggestions for differentiating instruction with diverse audiences, worksheets, and activity templates.

About the Author

Jen Hoyer is Electronic Resources and Technical Services Librarian at CUNY New York City College of Technology, USA.

Kaitlin H. Holt (she/her) is the Associate Director, Center for Educators and Schools at the New York Public Library, USA.

Julia Pelaez is an educator at the Brooklyn Public Library's Center for Brooklyn History, USA.

Brooklyn Public Library (BPL), USA, was established in 1896 and is one of the nation's largest public library systems with more than 850,000 active cardholders.

Reviews

What Primary Sources Teach: Lessons for Every Classroom presents a robust introduction to the inclusive, collaborative Brooklyn Connections program. Through the course of the book, readers learn tools for teaching with archival sources, receive lessons that can be brought directly into classroom use, and consider larger ideas from both the archival and education fields. This is a resource valuable to classroom teacher and archival professional, both separately and in instances where the two overlap or sometimes merge.
*The American Archivist*

A comprehensive and modernized look at teaching research skills and utilizing archival resources for librarians, teachers, and educators. From analyzing historical maps and documents to developing a research question, this text helps facilitate the research process with all the necessary tools to prepare young people to be successful.
*Rachel Chapman, MSLIS, NYCDOE School Librarian*

Whether you are a novice educator or you consider yourself an old pro, there's always room to grow when it comes to teaching with primary sources. Honed through years of classroom experience, the authors offer pedagogically sound inspiration for the learner in every archivist and librarian.
*Jenny Swadosh, Archivist/The New School*

The authors accentuate the power of using primary sources with diverse learners via engaging, thoughtful and accessible lessons in their book What Primary Sources Teach: Lessons for Every Classroom. Watch as they make research and critical thinking skills blossom in the classroom!!
*Ina Pannell-SaintSurin, Special Education Teacher, NYC Department of Education*

This book builds upon the experience at the Brooklyn Connections and invites students and educators into a world where they can learn how to preserve and share their experiences via archiving. This book is an educator's guide to empowering students in a changing digital landscape required in any field of study.
*Georgette Clarke, Brooklyn Connections Partner Teacher*