The
Ohio Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history of Ohio. Each primary resource is printed on sturdy 8.5" X 11" card stock.
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The Ohio 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
Ohio Primary Sources are:
1. Painting depicting the negotiations of the Treaty of Greenville – 1795
2. Oil painting depicting the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie – shows Oliver Hazard Perry transferring from the USS Lawrence to the USS Niagara
3. Replica of the land patent signed by President Andrew Jackson for Ohio – January 30, 18344. Title-page illustration for Uncle Tom’s Cabin – written by Ohio native Harriet Beecher Stowe – 1852
5. Portrait of Levi Miller, Ohio Regiment, U.S. Army – ca. 1861-1865
6. Photograph of Chief Justice Salmon Chase (center) with U.S. Supreme Court Justices – 1864
7. Photograph of path leading to home of John Rankin – abolitionist and Ohio conductor on the Underground Railroad
8. Photograph of Cincinnati, Ohio – 1866
9. Oil painting of Tecumseh – 1868
10. Photograph of Thomas Edison with his invention, the phonograph – 1878
11. Lithograph entitled "Union Railroad Elevator Company, Toledo, Ohio" - 1882
12. Portrait of John M. Langston – founder of the Ohio Anti-Slavery Society – 1890
13. Illustration of the 1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers from
Harper’s Weekly magazine – 1896
14. Political cartoon regarding President McKinley’s decision to send American troops to Cuba – 1898
15. Photograph of Ohio and Erie Canal – 1902
16. Photograph of the Wright Brothers’ first powered flight – December 1903
17. Illustration of the Carnegie Library in Columbus, Ohio – 1905
18. Advertisement for Goodyear Tire Company – February 26, 1916
19. Photograph of employees in National Cash Register Company plant making weaponry for war effort – Dayton, Ohio – 1942
20.Photograph of a shipyard at the Port of Toledo – September 25, 2006
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.