The
New Mexico Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history in New Mexico. We have created a
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The New Mexico 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
New Mexico Primary Sources are:
• Photograph of a page of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo – ended the Mexican War and added nearly two million square miles to the U.S. – 1848
• Map of region including New Mexico, west Texas, and nearby areas occupied by Comanches before the 1860s
• Photograph of the Long Walk of the Navajo – Native Americans forced to walk from their reservation in Arizona to eastern New Mexico – 1864
• Photograph of General Henry Hopkins Sibley – leader of the Confederate Army of New Mexico during the Civil War – circa 1865
• Map of Arizona and New Mexico territories – 1867
• Photograph of Pat Garrett, sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico – apprehended and shot Billy the Kid after the 1878 Lincoln County War
• Photograph of Albuquerque, New Mexico – 1880
• Photograph of Buffalo Soldiers – 1890
• Photograph of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders atop San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War – volunteers came from New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma, and Texas – 1898
• Photograph of Ruidoso Store near Fort Stanton, New Mexico – 1900
• Photograph of Dr. Robert Goddard towing a rocket to the launching tower in Roswell, New Mexico – circa 1930
• Photograph of the "Big Room" - largest room at Carlsbad Cavern in southeastern New Mexico – 1941
• Photograph of the U.S. Navy battleship USS New Mexico at the end of WWII – anchored in Tokyo Bay with Mount Fuji in the background – 1945
• Photograph of J. Robert Oppenheimer (left) examining the steel test tower where the first nuclear device was detonated – Trinity test site in New Mexico – 1945
• Poster urging forest fire prevention featuring Smokey Bear – the living symbol of Smokey Bear was a black bear cub rescued after a New Mexico forest fire in 1950
• Photograph of astronaut and New Mexico native Harrison Schmitt scooping up soil samples from the moon – 1972
• Photograph of San Miguel Chapel in Santa Fe – original adobe walls built circa 1610 – oldest church structure in the U.S. – photo taken 2002
• Photograph of mass ascension of hot air balloons at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta – 2006
• Population density map of New Mexico according to the 2010 census
• Photograph of End of the Santa Fe Trail marker – photo taken 2011
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.