Teaching+With+Primary+Sources

Our TAH teachers have many ideas about using primary source materials with students. Here's an opportunity to disucss what works and what doesn't work very well when using primary sources in your classroom...
 * Teaching with Primary Sources**


 * **Historical Thinking** - Time seems to be an important issue for teachers on all grade levels. Elementary teachers cover all subjects, and there is often little time is left for Social Studies. Secondary teachers focus on one subject, but cover a greater number of of events and topics. I'm wondering if concentrating on historical thinking would provide a richer, more valuable experience for both teachers and students. Here are links to two videos about historical thinking and questioning.
 * What is Historical Thinking? from teachinghistory.org
 * [|Why Historical Thinking Matters] from historicalthinking.org/why