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USING PRIMARY SOURCES FOR SOCIAL STUDIES An Internet Hotlist (Election 2008 sites and strategies at end of list) Created by Andrea S. Libresco NEW YORK STATE CURRICULUM? New York State Department of Education – Social Studies Home Page Includes Learning Standards, Resource Guide with Core Curriculum, Instructional Strategies and Resources, Pre-K through grade 6. /ciai/socst/ ?? INTRODUCING STUDENTS TO PRIMARY SOURCES? Library of Congress Learning Page Discusses strategies for analyzing documents, such as the time and place, and bias rules. ? Library of Congress Learning Page – Using primary sources in lessons Discusses and gives examples of how to incorporate primary source instruction into all parts of your lessons. ? Library of Congress Learning Page – Integrating Primary Sources Guides students into creative use of primary sources.? View these tools at work in lessons to see how they might be used or adapted to your needs. /nae/education/pdf/integrating-primary-sources-into-the-classroom.pdf National Archives – Introduction to Documents An activity and questions to help you introduce yourself and your students to document analysis. ? National Archives – Document Analysis Worksheets An excellent resource for helping your students learn what to look for when analyzing all kinds of documents. /nae/education/tool-box.html ?Documents-Based Questions Primary sources, constructed response questions and DBQs on a variety of topics that you can adapt for your students. GEOGRAPHY? Education World Lesson Planning Center – Social Science – Geography Five times five:? 25 activities for teaching geography’s five themes. ? Interactive Map of the Middle East – Test your knowledge Drag each country to its proper place on the map. /just_fun/games/mapgame.html ? Geography Olympics You have 200 seconds to locate 10 countries on a map of the world. /challenge.php United States “Place the State on the Map” Quiz Drag and click the 50 states onto a blank