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
Conservation Issues Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary sources. Each primary source pack includes historical documents, maps, photographs, political cartoons, lithographs, diagrams, letters in a mix of color and black-and-white, and sepia finishes and is printed on sturdy 8.5" X 11" cardstock.
Conservation Issues Primary Sources Pack 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Students participate in active learning by creating their own interpretations of history using historical documents.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.
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.
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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The 20documents in the
Environmental and Conservation Issues Primary Sources Pack are:
• Photograph of President Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir, founder of the Sierra Club, in Yosemite National Park - 1906
• U.S. postage stamps promoting wildlife conservation - 1971
• Photograph of smoke containing many pollutants being emitted from a tower at a U.S. Steel coke plant in Pennsylvania - 1973
• Cover of pamphlet with information about endangered species hawksbill turtle - 1980
• EPA poster promoting the importance of protecting drinking water - 2003
• Photograph of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System - runs from the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Alaska at Valdez - 2005
• Photograph of Japanese kudzu vines overtaking trees in Atlanta, Georgia - example of invasive species causing environmental harm - 2006
• Photograph of piles of electronic waste in Birmingham, Alabama - 2007
• Photograph of photovoltaic array at the Nellis Solar Power Plant within Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada - the system contains about 70,000 solar panels - 2007
• Photograph of sign notifying residents of Houston, Texas, of air quality concerns - 2010
• Photograph of artwork titled Atlas Recycled in Cincinnati, Ohio - this recycling container is made from reused and scrap materials including wood, foam and maps - 2010
• Photograph of workers cleaning up a Louisiana beach after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill - 2010
• Photograph of farmer spraying pesticides on leaf lettuce in Yuma, Arizona - 2011
• Photograph of Shepherds Flat Wind Farm in Oregon - one of the largest land-based wind farms in the world - 2011
• Images of hydraulic fracturing and anti-fracking demonstration - 2012
• Photograph of pollution left behind after 1972 closing of New Idria Mercury Mine in California - photo taken 2013
• Photograph of sign in Middletown, Pennsylvania, describing the 1999 Three Mile Island nuclear accident and its effects - photo taken 2014
• Photograph of protesters participating in the People's Climate March rally in New York City - 2014
• Map showing U.S. counties that have not attained certain air quality standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency - 2015
• Photograph of Michigan National Guard troops going door-to-door delivering water, filters, replacement cartridges and water test kits to residents of Flint due to the city's contaminated water issue - 2016