This staff development workshop, coupled with student lessons, introduces the use of primary resources -- where to find them, what they are, how to examine them, and how to "construct the context" to tell the whole story. Participants examine a series of primary sources, developing strategies and techniques for analyzing artifacts with students. Using sample lessons for grades 4-6, participants interpret primary sources to enrich a story and to further develop the story's context, leading to greater understanding.

Teacher Workshop Lesson Artifact Analysis Matrix Gallery Walk Reaction Sheet 5-W Poetry Rubric: Fourth/Fifth Grade Sixth Grade

Student Fourth Grade Linking Rare Finds Fifth Grade Linking Coast to Coast Sixth Grade Linking Turning Points