The
Connecticut Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history in Connecticut. We have created a
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
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FREE Online Teacher's Guide for Primary Sources.
The Connecticut Primary Sources will help your students build common core skills including:
• Analysis
• Critical Thinking
• Point of View
• Compare and Contrast
• Order of Events
• And Much More!
Perfect for gallery walks and literature circles! Great research and reference materials!
The 20
Connecticut Primary Sources are:
1. Map of Connecticut – 1794
2. Photograph of African-American baseball team in Danbury – 1880
3. Composite illustration of Connecticut native Harriet Beecher Stowe and scenes from her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin – 1893
4. Advertisement for Webster’s International Dictionary – Connecticut native Noah Webster created first dictionary in early 1800s – 1896
5. Poster advertising Barnum & Bailey "Greatest Show on Earth" circus – P.T. Barnum was native of Connecticut – 1900
6. Photograph of Samuel Colt Memorial in Hartford – famous inventor and industrialist was born in Hartford – photo taken 1907
7. Photograph of Mark Twain – Twain lived in Hartford for 17 years and wrote many of his famous novels there – 1907
8. Young boy picking tobacco near Gildersleeve, Connecticut – 1917
10. Photograph of workers at electric shaver plant in Stamford – plant converted from making shavers to producing machine tool parts during WWII – 1942
11. Photograph of man working on hull of submarine at the Electric Boat Company in Groton – shipbuilding is important industry in Connecticut – 1943
12. Photograph of George H.W. Bush, captain of the Yale University baseball team, with professional baseball star Babe Ruth – Bush later served as 41st President of the United States – 1948
13. Photograph of President George W. Bush speaking at Ground Zero in New York City after 9/11 attack – George W. Bush was born in Connecticut – 2001
14. Photograph of nuclear submarine USS Connecticut departing New London on her first scheduled deployment – 2002
15. Photograph of statue of Revolutionary War patriot Nathan Hale outside Department of Justice Building – photo 2007
16. Photograph of cotton gin at Eli Whitney Museum in New Haven – Whitney built a cotton gin factory and firearms factory in New Haven – photo taken 2007
17. Photograph of Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford – 2008
18. Population density map of Connecticut – 2010
19. Photograph of Old Campus at Yale University in New Haven – founded in 1701, Yale is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the U.S. – photo taken 2012
20. Satellite photograph of Hartford, Connecticut – 2012
Your 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.
Each primary resource is printed on sturdy 8.5" X 11" cardstock.