Here's a poster that highlights the skills needed for the close reading of primary source documents when gathering evidence to support historical claims.

Concepts

primary source analysis, close reading

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Enlarge, laminate, and display the poster during the 11-lesson unit

   

Classroom Considerations

• The poster is designed for use with a series of 11 lessons that foster the development of the skills required to analyze primary source documents
• A link to an overview of the sequence and a rationale for the approach is provided below

Pros

• The poster highlights the skills required for reading documents like a historian

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.6 RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.6 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.6