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Fighting The Civil War With Primary Resources

In this article, Alan McCarthy, the instructional technology coordinator, and Sandra Sterne, the library media specialist, describe their use of primary sources as writing prompts for a research project and formal assessment where students created a digital documentary about the Civil War. Fourth grade students at Long Branch Elementary School in Arlington, VA participated in the unit that involved research, writing, primary source analysis, and finally movie making.

McCarthy, A. & Sterne, S. (2006). Fighting the Civil War with Primary Resources. School Library Media Activities Monthly, XXIII (4). http://www.schoollibrarymedia.com/features/articles/Dec06.html

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