Primary Sources Teaching Kit Colonial America

by Baicker, Karen

• ISBN13: 9780590378475
• ISBN10: 0590378473
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Teaching Resources

Summary

Packed with reproducible primary sources—from the Mayflower Compact to political cartoons about the Stamp Act—this collection of authentic documents will capture students’ interest in the events and people of Colonial times. Teaching materials provide background information, document-based discussion questions, and reproducibles that help kids analyze and evaluate each historical document. For use with Grades 4-8.

Table of Contents

Introduction	4	(6)
Time Line	6	(1)
TEACHING NOTES	7	(10)
Background Information and Teaching Suggestions for all Primary Source Documents
PRIMARY SOURCE EVALUATION FORM	17	(1)
Evaluate That Document!
PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS TWO
WORLDS COLLIDE
A Briefe and True Report	18	(2)
Publication
The Village of Secota	20	(1)
Engraving
The Starving Time	21	(1)
Journal Entry
``Why Should You Take by Force...?''	22	(1)
Speech
The First Thanksgiving Proclamation	23	(1)
Proclamation
RELIGION IN THE COLONIES
Diary of Mary Osgood Sumner as a Child	24	(1)
Diary
The Great Awakening	25	(1)
Portrait and Sermon
GOVERNING THE COLONIES
Mayflower Compact	26	(1)
Contract
Capital Laws	27	(1)
17th Century Laws
Town Meeting	28	(1)
Public Record
WITCH TRIALS
Trials of Mary Easty	29	(1)
Testimony
Witches' Petition for Bail	30	(1)
Court Documents
DAILY LIFE IN THE COLONIES
Diary of Anna Green Winslow	31	(1)
Diary
New England Primer	32	(1)
School book
Hornbook	33	(1)
One-page Primer
Ben Franklin's Almanac	34	(1)
Almanac
Hieroglyphic Bible	35	(1)
Bible
Smallpox Epidemic	36	(1)
Pamphlet
SLAVERY
A Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings	37	(1)
Slavery Account
Runaway Slaves and Slave Auction	38	(1)
Public notices
ROOTS OF THE REVOLUTION
The Stamp Act	39	(1)
Political Cartoon, Stamp
Join, or Die	40	(1)
Political cartoon
Paul Revere's Obelisk	41	(1)
Engraving
News of an American Victory at Trenton	42	(1)
Broadside
Washington Crossing the Delaware	43	(1)
Painting
REPRODUCIBLES
K-W-L Sampler Chart	44	(1)
Comparing the Colonies	45	(1)
Map of the American Colonies, 1750s	46	(1)
Alphabet Primer	47	(1)
Colonial America Journal	48	(1)
Map of the American Colonies Answer Key	49