The
Mississippi Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history in Mississippi. 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 Mississippi 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
Mississippi Primary Sources are:
• Photograph of Jefferson Davis, U.S. Senator from Mississippi and President of the Confederate States of America – photo circa 1860
• Painting entitled Choctaw Village near the Chefuncte, by Francois Bernard – 1869
• Painting entitled Siege of Vicksburg by Kurz and Allison – siege ended July 1863 – painting dated 1888
• Photograph of child workers employed by a seafood packing company in Pass Christian , Mississippi – children shucked oysters and tended babies – 1911
• Photograph showing three African American men and one boy posing with a horse-drawn wagon filled with bales of "King Cotton" - Greenwood, Mississippi – 1920
• Photograph of day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Mississippi – 1939
• Photograph of African American man going into the "colored entrance" of a movie theater – Belzoni, Mississippi Delta – 1939
• Painting by Jacob Lawrence, part of 60-panel Great Migration series depicting migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North – 1940
• Photograph of James Meredith walking to class accompanied by U.S. marshals – Meredith was first African American student to attend the University of Mississippi – 1962
• Photograph of President John F. Kennedy with Myrlie Evers (widow of civil rights activist Medgar Evers, who was assassinated in June 1963), her children, and Medgar Evers’ brother – 1963
• Flyer asking for information about three missing civil rights workers – Philadelphia, Mississippi – 1964
• Photograph of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer at the Democratic National Convention – 1964
• Photograph of Aaron Henry of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party speaking before the Credentials Committee at the 1964 Democratic National Convention
• Photograph of large ships beached on Mississippi Gulf Coast by Hurricane Camille – 1969
• Photograph of "Old Trace," part of historic Natchez Trail used by Native Americans, explorers, traders, and emigrants – trail runs from Natchez, Mississippi, to Nashville, Tennessee – photo date unknown
• Photograph of damage done by Hurricane Katrina to bridge stretching from Biloxi to Ocean Springs – photo taken from Air Force One – 2005
• Photograph of Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson – photo taken 2007
• Photograph of house in Tupelo, Mississippi, where rock ‘n roll legend Elvis Presley was born – photo taken 2007
• Photograph of casino boat on the Mississippi River – Natchez, Mississippi – 2008
• County population density map of Mississippi – 2010
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.