Primary Sources - HOW

When teachers Connect and Question they:

Use primary sources to illustrate curricular topics, build context or background knowledge, generate thinking, and make connections with students. Primary souces inspire questions for further research on a topic.

In the classroom,
Connect and Question looks like:

One primary source is used in an Introduction with an Understanding Goal and Investigative Question to guide student inquiry. Introduction activities are used to generate questions for further research.

When teachers Integrate they:

Ask students to read, analyze, and interpret primary sources and use evidence from primary sources to support a hypothesis related to the school district/state curriculum.

In the classroom,
Integrate looks like:
A collection of primary sources and secondary source information are used in an Investigation.

When teachers Construct they:

Ask students to consider multiple perspectives through analysis of primary sources and use primary sources to articulate new understandings related to a discipline and the school district/state curriculum.

In the classroom,
Construct looks like:

Several groups of primary source collections and previous research on the topic are used in a Formal Assessment.