The Primary Sources series is the winner of the 2015 Academics' Choice Awards for the 2015 Smart Book Award in recognition of mind-building excellence. The Colonial America Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source that are printed on sturdy 8.5" X 11" card stock.
>Colonial America Primary Sources are just what teachers need to help students learn how to analyze primary sources in order to meet Common Core State Standards!
Students participate in active learning by creating their own interpretations of history using historical documents. Students make observations, generate questions, organize information and ideas, think analytically, write persuasively or informatively, and cite evidence to support their opinion, hypotheses, and conclusions. Students learn how to integrate and evaluate information to deepen their understanding of historical events. As a result, students experience a more relevant and meaningful learning experience.
The 20 documents in the Colonial America Primary Sources Pack are:
1. Map of "James Fort" at Jamestown - 1607
2. Painting (1932) entitled The Mayflower Compact, 1620 depicts the signing of the first political document in colonial American history - 1620
3. Depictions of the first "Thanksgiving" held in 1621
4. Illustration of Dutch colony of New Amsterdam in 1664, located on what is now Manhattan Island in New York City
5. Replica of painting of slaves in Virginia processing tobacco for export - 1670
6. Portrait of a Puritan woman and her baby - late 1600s
7. Illustration of early shipbuilding in a New England colony - late 1600s
8. Oil painting entitled The Birth of Pennsylvania 1680 - William Penn, standing, faces King Charles I
