The
Georgia Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history in Georgia. We have created a
FREE Online Teacher’s Guide for Primary Sources to help you to teach primary sources more effectively and use creative strategies for integrating primary source materials into your classroom. This
FREE Online Teacher's Guide for Primary Sources is 15 pages. It includes teacher tools, student handouts, and student worksheets. Click
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FREE Online Teacher's Guide for Primary Sources.
The Georgia Primary Sources will help your students build common core skills including:
• Analysis
• Critical Thinking
• Point of View
• Compare and Contrast
• Order of Events
• And Much More!
Perfect for gallery walks and literature circles! Great research and reference materials!
The 20
Georgia Primary Sources are:
1. Illustration of the city of Savannah - 1734
2. Lithograph of John Ross - Cherokee Chief - 1827
3. Replica of the Constitution of the State of Georgia - 1861
4. Telegram of General Sherman to President Lincoln - December 22, 1864
5. Magazine cover featuring the Atlanta Race Riot of 1906
6. Photography of Turner Field - 1996 Centennial Olympic Stadium and home of the Atlanta Braves - 2006
7. Painting of the Siege of Savannah - American Revolutionary War - 1779
8. Map of the Yazoo-Georgia Land Fraud - 1789
9. Lithograph of Samuel Worcester - missionary of Cherokee Indians - 1832
10. Photograph of a group of slaves outside their quarters on Cockspur Island, Georgia - 1850
11. Excerpt from an advertisement for a slave sale in Savannah, Georgia - 1859
12. Photograph of General Sherman's men destroying the railroad in Atlanta - 1864
13. Illustration of Andersonville Prison in Andersonville, Georgia - 1882
14. Photograph of Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta - 1907
15. Newspaper featuring article on the Leo Frank Case - April 29, 1913
16. Photograph of Rebecca Latimer Felton - first female U.S. Senator - 1922
17. Photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt talking to a farmer in Warm Springs, Georgia - 1932
18. Photograph of Greyhound bus station in Rome, Georgia - 1943
19. Replica of the Official Program for the March on Washington - August 28, 1963
20. Letter from President Jimmy Carter to Ayatollah Khomeini regarding the release of the Iranian hostages - November 6, 1979
Your students will:
...think critically and analytically, interpret events, and question various perspectives of history.
...participate in active learning by creating their own interpretations instead of memorizing facts and a writer's interpretations.
...integrate and evaluate information provided in diverse media formats to deepen their understanding of historical events.
...experience a more relevant and meaningful learning experience.
Each primary resource is printed on sturdy 8.5” X 11” cardstock.