Books in Primary Source Detectives series

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.FREE Online Teacher’s Guide for Primary Sources to help you to teach primary sources more effectively and use creative strategies for integrating primary source materials into your classroom. This FREE Online Teacher's Guide for Primary Sources is 15 pages. It includes teacher tools, student handouts, and student worksheets. Click HERE to download the FREE Online Teacher's Guide for Primary Sources.>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 Students participate in active learning by creating their own interpretations of history using historical documents.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 Colonial America Primary Sources are: 1. Map of "James Fort" at Jamestown – 16072. Painting (1932) entitled The Mayflower Compact, 1620 depicts the signing of the first political document in colonial American history – 16203. Depictions of the first "Thanksgiving" held in 16214. Illustration of Dutch colony of New Amsterdam in 1664, located on what is now Manhattan Island in New York City5. Replica of painting of slaves in Virginia processing tobacco for export – 16706. Portrait of a Puritan woman and her baby – late 1600s7. Illustration of early shipbuilding in a New England colony – late 1600s8. Oil painting entitled The Birth of Pennsylvania 1680 – William Penn, standing, faces King Charles II in the king’s breakfast chamber – 16809. Illustration entitled "Indian Raid in 1675" during King Philip’s War in Massachusetts10. Illustrations of early colonial tools and equipment – 170611. A colonial Quaker meeting with a woman preaching – early 1700s12. Illustration of the planned city of Savannah, Georgia – 173413. Illustration of Harvard College in Massachusetts – 174014. Illustration of a rice plantation in the southern colonies – 1750s15. First-hand account of the passage by ship to colonial America – 175016. Details from a map showing barrels of tobacco from Virginia and Maryland being loaded onto ships – 175117. Print of the Bodleian Plate, depicting the colonial architecture of Colonial Williamsburg – 178118. Illustration of British ships and soldiers arriving in Boston Harbor – 176819. Illustration (1932) of the reading of the Declaration of Independence from the East Balcony of the Old State House, Boston, Massachusetts – July 18, 177620. Map of the original thirteen colonies created for the United States centennial in 1876Your students will: • think critically and analytically, interpret events, and question various perspectives of history. • participate in active learning by creating their own interpretations instead of memorizing facts and a writer’s interpretations. • integrate and evaluate information provided in diverse media formats to deepen their understanding of historical events. • experience a more relevant and meaningful learning experience.

How do we know about the people who journeyed on the Mayflower? Why did they cross the Atlantic, and what happened to them? This book shows how we know about the travelers and their ship from primary and other sources. It includes information on some historical detective work that has taken place, using documentary and archaeological evidence, that has enabled historians to piece together the fascinating story of the Mayflower.

How do we know about the thousands of people who marched in campaigns for civil rights for African Americans in the 1960s? Where did they march and what happened to them? This book shows how we know about the marchers and their experiences from primary and other sources. It includes information on some historical detective work that has taken place, using documentary and oral evidence, that has enabled historians to piece together the fascinating story of the civil rights marches.

How do we know about the thousands of people who protested against the Vietnam War in the 1960s and 1970s? What did they do and what happened to them? This book shows how we know about the protesters and their experiences from primary and other sources. It includes information on some historical detective work that has taken place, using documentary and oral evidence, that has enabled historians to piece together the fascinating story of Vietnam War protesters.

How do we know about the thousands of people who marched in campaigns for civil rights for African Americans in the 1960s? Where did they march and what happened to them? This book shows how we know about the marchers and their experiences from primary and other sources. It includes information on some historical detective work that has taken place, using documentary and oral evidence, that has enabled historians to piece together the fascinating story of the civil rights marches.

How do we know about the men and women who broke important World War II military and diplomatic codes? What were the challenges, and what happened to them? This book shows how we know about the Allied codebreakers and their experiences from primary and other sources. It includes information on some historical detective work that has taken place, using documentary, archaeological, and oral evidence, that has enabled historians to piece together the fascinating story of those who provided top secret information known as Ultra and Magic.

How do we know about the slaves who escaped using what is known as the Underground Railroad, and about the people that organized it? What were they escaping from, and what happened to them? This book shows how we know about the fugitives and their experiences from primary and other sources. It includes information on some historical detective work that has taken place, using documentary and archaeological evidence, that has enabled historians to piece together the fascinating story of the Underground Railroad.

How do we know about the slaves who escaped using what is known as the Underground Railroad, and about the people that organized it? What were they escaping from, and what happened to them? This book shows how we know about the fugitives and their experiences from primary and other sources. It includes information on some historical detective work that has taken place, using documentary and archaeological evidence, that has enabled historians to piece together the fascinating story of the Underground Railroad.