The
Wyoming Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history of Wyoming. Each primary resource is printed on sturdy 8.5" X 11" card stock.
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The Wyoming 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
Wyoming Primary Sources are:
1. Painting entitled Fort Laramie by Alfred Jacob Miller – depicts the first Fort Laramie as it looked prior to 1840 – painting circa 1858
2. Photograph of Independence Rock – landmark on the Oregon Trail – 1870
3. Photograph of Buffalo Bill Cody – American soldier, bison hunter, and showman who helped create the town of Cody, Wyoming – 1880
4. Copy of Holt’s New Map of Wyoming – 1883
5. Newspaper page depicting woman suffrage in Wyoming Territory – scene at the polls in Cheyenne – 1888
6. Photograph of Chief Washakie – Shoshone chief who helped Anglo-American immigrants settle the western U.S. – photo circa late 1800s
7. Photograph of "Old Faithful" geyser – Yellowstone National Park – 1898
8. Photograph of Devils Tower National Monument, the first declared U.S. national monument – tourism is major contributor to Wyoming’s economy – photo taken 1900
9. Photograph of President Theodore Roosevelt visiting Liberty Cap, Yellowstone National Park – 1903
10. Photograph of Clarence D. Clark – U.S. Representative and longtime U.S. Senator from Wyoming; participated in the constitutional convention for Wyoming’s statehood – photo 1910
11. Photograph of Native American family in front of unfinished house on Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming – 1925
12. Photograph of Wyoming Governor Nellie Tayloe Ross with Governor George Dern of Utah – Ross was first woman elected governor of a U.S. state – 1925
13. Poster created by the Ranger Naturalist Service showing Old Faithful erupting at Yellowstone National Park – 1938
14. World War II poster referring to Cheyenne, Wyoming, as major aircraft modification center for the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber – circa 1942
15. Photograph of high school students at Heart Mountain Relocation Center – camp in northwestern Wyoming used to confine Japanese Americans during WWII – 1943
16. Photograph of Vice President Dick Cheney speaking during U.S. Navy ship commissioning ceremony – Cheney was six-term U.S. Congressman from Wyoming before serving as Secretary of Defense and Vice President – 2008
17. Photograph of marker erected by Oregon Trail pioneer Ezra Meeker at South Pass, Wyoming – photo taken 1993
18. Photograph of Shoshone moccasins originally from the estate of Chief Washakie – photo taken 2007
19. Phot
ograph of surface coal mine in Gillette – about 40% of the nation’s coal comes from Wyoming – 2008
20. Population density map of Wyoming – 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.