The
Indiana Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history in Indiana. 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 Indiana 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
Indiana Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history in Indiana.
The 20
Indiana Primary Sources are:
1. Illustration of Tecumseh losing his temper when General William Henry Harrison refuses to rescind the Treaty of Fort Wayne – Vincennes, Indiana – 1810
2. Painting depicting the Battle of Tippecanoe – 1811
3. Painting of Tenskwatawa – brother of Tecumseh – 1830
4. Advertisement for workers to construct the Central Canal, which was later incorporated into the Wabash & Erie Canal– 1837
5. Illustration of New Harmony, Indiana – proposed by Robert Owen – 1838
6. Campaign poster for President William Henry Harrison – 1840
7. Photograph of Colonel George H. Chapman (seated) and his staff, 3rd Indiana Regiment Cavalry on duty with the Army of the Potomac – 1863
8. Replica of the advertisement for the Indiana State Fair and Exposition in Indianapolis – 1874
9. Copy of engraving of Levi Coffin, abolitionist whose home was often called the "Grand Central Station of the Underground Railroad" - 1880
10. Illustration of President Benjamin Harrison and his Cabinet members – 1889
11. Map of the Underground Railroad routes and trails – 1898
12. Label from a can of Van Camp’s Boston Baked Pork & Beans – circa 1900
13. Replica of an advertisement for the Studebaker Electric Car – 1905
14. Photograph of child laborers in an Indiana glassworks factory – August 1908
15. Photograph of Eli Lilly medicines – from the Eli Lilly company sales book in 1908
16. Lithograph of an advertisement for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway – 1909
17. Photograph of sign heralding Bloomington, Indiana, as the U.S. mean center of population according to the 1910 census
18. Photograph of a farmhouse in Posey County, Indiana – moved off its foundation by the Ohio River flood of 1937
19. Advertisement for victory gardens during World War II – 1945
20. Photograph of the Civil Rights March on Washington – August 28, 1963
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.