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Introduction to Historical Thinking and Reading

This Flash movie introduces hitorical thinking and models the process with historians "thinking out loud" about two primary source documents related to the events of April 19, 1775. They highlight 4 kinds of questions that historians ask about sourcing, contextualization, corroboration, and close reading.

http://historicalthinkingmatters.org/why/

Document Analysis Worksheets

These resources help students critically examine written documents, photographs, cartoons, posters, maps, artifacts, motion pictures, and sound recordings.

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons