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National Archives: Bring History to Life ActivityNational Archives: Bring History to Life Activity
Publisher
US National Archives
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9th - 10th
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Social Studies & History
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National Archives: Bring History to Life

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How can you actually bring history to life? Here are some tools from the National Archives that allow students to create their own projects using primary-source based activities that develop historical thinking skills. Special historical eras are offered as well as different types of activities. You can create your own, but must register with the National Archives site first.

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Concepts

primary sources

Additional Tags

historical primary documents, historical thinking skills, primary source documents, american revolution primary source documents, civil war primary source documents, great depression primary source documents, h.ht.2 primary and secondary sources can be used to show change over time, national archives, revolutionary war primary source documents, us primary source documents, united states primary source documents

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

Common Core

RH.6-8.2 RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.9 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.9

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