"History and culture are best understood through the eyes, ears, ideas and creations of those people whose experiences we can examine. Primary resources are the window through which we explore this heritage."
-Phyllis DiBianco
American Memory Fellow 2001
Library of Congress
This on-line resource will guide you and your students through the use of primary source documents as you study the rich history of North Carolina. Using primary documents in the classroom will engage your students in asking questions, thinking critically, and making inferences about the topic being studied. Your students will gain a greater understanding of history as they unlock the mysteries from North Carolina's past.
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Teaching North Carolina history through primary source documents
Colonial North Carolina • North Carolina 1800 - 1899 • North Carolina 1900 - Present
Primary Source Documents: Questions and Answers for teachers and students.
Click on the image below for an introduction on reading primary sources from LearnNC.
Signed copy of The Constitution of the United States. Miscellaneous Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.
Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789. record Group 360, National Archives.
From the Our Documents Initiative:
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=9
Teachers: A power point presentation to introduce your students to primary source documents can be found with this link on the DPI web site.
http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/curriculum/socialstudies/elementary/
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