Primary Source Archives
The Industrial Revolution in the United States
This site has multiple different types of primary source materials from pictures to letters. The teacher and or students can also search the site by standards, rather that be common core, state content, or by organization.
America in Class
The site has primary sources for multiple time periods in American history. Focusing on the Gilded age, the site provides a detail breakdown for searching. For example, are you searching for a particular person, writer, area/geography, etc. The site also provides a timeline and guided notes for reading primary documents.
The site has primary sources for multiple time periods in American history. Focusing on the Gilded age, the site provides a detail breakdown for searching. For example, are you searching for a particular person, writer, area/geography, etc. The site also provides a timeline and guided notes for reading primary documents.
National Archives Docs Teach
The above site has multiple sources for many time periods throughout the United States history. Focusing on the Industrial Revolution the site provides pictures, letters, diaries, court cases, etc.
U.S. History Module 05: Industrialization
The above site gives background knowledge on the topic in a module site setup. It allows students to read letters and preview pictures from the era. It provides students with context, evidence, and a conclusion. There are also resources for the teacher and assignments that can be given to the students. The evidence tab is where students can find primary sources such as letters, graphs, maps, etc.
The above site gives background knowledge on the topic in a module site setup. It allows students to read letters and preview pictures from the era. It provides students with context, evidence, and a conclusion. There are also resources for the teacher and assignments that can be given to the students. The evidence tab is where students can find primary sources such as letters, graphs, maps, etc.
The Census
The Census is always a great place to have students start because they can begin looking at the movement/migration of people and predict the impact groups had on a nation/specific location. The site even shows what math standard is being used if you look under the “math and statistics” tab.
The Census is always a great place to have students start because they can begin looking at the movement/migration of people and predict the impact groups had on a nation/specific location. The site even shows what math standard is being used if you look under the “math and statistics” tab.
Primary Source Lesson Plan(s)
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Chinese Immigration and Exclusion Lesson Plan
A lesson with a timeline is always beneficial to students. First, because a timeline allows students to hypothesize about the information before reading the world. The following lesson also allows for different perspectives on the topic and allows students to analysis the views and come to their own conclusions.
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Homestead Strike Lesson Plan
Making sure that students understand that there are multiple perspective throughout history is as important as learning the history itself. This lesson is great because it gives the perspective of both the union workers and the owners/managers of the factories. The lesson is also helpful to students learning and achieving the objectives needed to understand the Industrial Revolution in America.
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Primary Source Analysis Tool(s)
Written Document Analysis Worksheet
Written Documents are often the most resource used when coming to primary sources. The reasoning is that their is a much longer history of the pen and paper. Thus, it is important for students to understand how to analysis such a document. The following worksheet is great for students because it makes them focus on the sourcing so that the student is able to contextualize the information and therefore collaborate on the information because they have to read the text closely.
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Motion Picture Analysis WorksheetA great source in the high school classroom is movies and not just documentaries. Movies, just a The Patriot, though not often historically accurate, gives students insight into the time period the movie was produced, what the people were into buying a ticket to go see. Sometimes the movie does give some historical facts as well. Thus, the following motion picture analysis worksheet is important for the high school classroom.
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