The
New York Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history in New York. 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
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The New York 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 York Primary Sources are:
1. Portrait of Giovanni da Verrazzano – Florentine explorer of North America in the service of King Francis I of France – explored New York Harbor in 1524
2. Illustration of Iroquois engaging in trade with Europeans – 1722
3. Oil painting of British General John Burgoyne surrendering at Saratoga – turning point in the American Revolutionary War that prevented the British from dividing New England from the rest of the colonies – October 1777
4. Illustration of the Erie Canal – 1839
5. Map of the Erie Canal – 1840
6. Photograph of the Albany Lumber District – home to the largest lumber market in the United States in 1865
7. Illustration of immigrants registering at Castle Garden, New York City – 1866
8. Photograph of Charles Harvey demonstrating his elevated railroad design on Greenwich Street – December 1867
9. Map of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad – 1876
10. Oil painting entitled Unveiling of the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World by Edward Moran – depicts the dedication ceremony of the Statue of Liberty on October 28, 1886
11. Copy of first page of New York inventor and businessman George Eastman's patent for his film camera and roll film – 1888
12. Photograph of immigrants entering the United States through Ellis Island – 1902
13. Photograph of Iroquois in Buffalo, New York – 1914
14. Photograph of a women's suffrage parade down Fifth Avenue in New York City carrying the signatures of one million women demanding the right to vote – October 1917
15. Photograph of legendary major league baseball player Babe Ruth – famous for leading the New York Yankees to four World Series titles – July 1920
16. Painting by Jacob Lawrence depicting the "Great Migration" that later contributed to the rise of the Harlem Renaissance in New York – 1922
17. Photograph of a crowd gathering outside the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street after the stock market crash of 1929
18. Photograph of a woman working in a sewing shop on Tenth Avenue in New York City – part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) of the New Deal – 1938
19. Photograph of the Congregation Emunath Israel synagogue on West Twenty-third Street in New York City that remained open for 24 hours on D-Day for special services and prayer – June 6, 1944
20. Photograph of Battery Park City and the World Trade Center Twin Towers – 2000
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.