Teacher Products
Ready to start using primary sources in your classroom? Well, we've got some great resources that you can start using today! Created by teachers for teachers, these ready-to-use materials provide easy ways to incorporate primary sources into instruction.
Inquiry Based Digital Narratives: Teacher YouTube projects from the 2008 TPS Summer Institute:
Remember Kennywood - Grades 7-10, Science, Physics
Thomas Jefferson - Grades 9-12, Social Studies, History
What It Means to be an American - Grade 9, Civics, Social Studies
Italian Immigrants - Grades 6-8, Geography, Social Studies
George Washington - Grades 6-8, History, Social Studies
Food Guides - All Grades, Health, Phys Ed
Community Helpers - Grades 3-5, Social Studies
Teacher Lesson Plans
Grades 1 - 3
The Teaching with Primary Sources Department has held six Summer Institutes and ten Alumni Workshops and we have collected some very good resources from educators that you can begin using in your classroom. These are resources that can be utilized by Educators in Grades 1 through 3. Please enjoy!
| Lesson Plan Title | Social Studies | Science | Math | Language Arts | RWSL* | Music | Art |
| Transportation Past & Present | X | ||||||
| National Improvements Since the Great Depression | X | X | X | ||||
| Thanksgiving - An American Tradition | X | X | |||||
| What Started the Great Depression | X | X | |||||
| Disasters | X | X | X | X | |||
| Pirates Baseball | X | X | |||||
| Native American Life | X | ||||||
| Industrial Revolution Children | X | ||||||
| Plymouth/Pilgrims | X | ||||||
| Firefighters | X | X | |||||
| Alcatraz | X | ||||||
| Coca Cola Goes Green | X | X | |||||
| Pioneers | X | X | X | ||||
| Racism | X | ||||||
| Statue of Liberty | X | X | |||||
| Grocery Stores | X | ||||||
| Constitution Day | X | ||||||
| Place Value & Money | X | X | |||||
| Ben Franklin | X | X | |||||
| Railroads & Trains | X | ||||||
| Pennsylvania History | X | ||||||
| Schools - Now & Then | X | ||||||
| The Plain Indians | X | ||||||
| Community Helpers | X | ||||||
| Electricity | X | ||||||
| Fire Prevention | X | ||||||
| The Wizard of Oz | X | X | X | ||||
| Favorite Children's Author | X | ||||||
| The Melting Pot | X | X | X | ||||
| Folklife in WV | X | X | |||||
| The Changing Face of Pittsburgh | X |
*Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening
Grades 4 - 6
The Teaching with Primary Sources Department has held six Summer Institutes and ten Alumni Workshops and we have collected some very good resources that you can begin using in your classroom. These are resources that can be utilized by Educators in Grades 4 through 6. Please enjoy!
*Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening
Grades 7 - 12
The Teaching with Primary Sources Department has held six Summer Institutes and ten Alumni Workshops and we have collected some very good resources that you can begin using in your classroom. These are resources that can be utilized by Educators in Grades 7 through 12. Please enjoy!
*Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening
Primary Source Sets
Below is a sample of a few Primary Source sets from the Library of Congress.
Abraham Lincoln: Speeches, correspondence, campaign materials and a map documenting the free and slave states in 1856 chronicle Lincoln’s rise to national prominence.
Baseball: Across a Divided Society: Song sheets, video clips, images, trading cards, and photographs tell the story of how baseball emerged as the American national pastime. Featured primary source items show Americans from different backgrounds and social experiences embracing the sport.
Themed Resources
Exhibitions, special presentations, lesson plans and other materials gathered from throughout the Library of Congress for selected curricular themes.
America's Civil War made real through photographs and sketches; maps, letters and diaries; oral histories and music.
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