SS Resources

The Finding Primary Sources for Teachers and Students website offers a number of easy avenues for diving into primary sources research with your students, including DocsTeach linked in box below. 

DocsTeach features curated collections of primary resources on important topics in American History, as well as some ready-to-go primary document analysis activities.

Ready-to-use Primary Source Activities: https://www.docsteach.org/activities/activities

• Some Examples:
  • Extending Suffrage to Women: https://www.docsteach.org/activities/teacher/extending-suffrage-to-women
  • The Civil War as Photographed by Mathew Brady: https://www.docsteach.org/activities/teacher/the-civil-war-as-photographed-by-mathew-brady
  • From Slavery to  Juneteenth: Emancipation and Ending Enslavement: https://www.docsteach.org/activities/teacher/from-slavery-to-juneteenth-emancipation-and-ending-enslavement
  • Analyzing a Writing Assignment by a Teenage Refugee in New York [Oswego] During World War: https://www.docsteach.org/activities/teacher/analyzing-a-writing-assignment-by-a-teenage-refugee-in-new-york-during-world-war-ii
  • Analyzing a Letter from Jackie Robinson: “Fair Play and Justice” : https://www.docsteach.org/activities/teacher/analyzing-a-letter-from-jackie-robinson-fair-play-and-justice