Junior Detectives: Teaching with primary sources

Primary

Journals, letters, diaries

archives of history

speeches, scrapbooks, audio recordings

photographs, government publications

newspapers and magazines

artifacts, clothing, costumes

Sources


A poem is a form of rather expressing the big ideas of something or someone. although it can be confusing and maybe hard to help the elementary kid understand, primary sources can sometimes be confused with secondary sources. In the article we observe how the teacher uses a creative way of creating interest in the topics by making them "detectives" which is a very fun activity. Nonetheless, my poem focuses about what they are and where they are found, which can help students differentiate between primary and secondary sources. 

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