This document provides an overview of effective social studies instruction aligned with the Common Core standards. It emphasizes having students examine primary sources, apply evidence to support arguments, and understand historical context. Students should analyze multiple accounts and perspectives on historical events. The document also provides examples of classroom activities where students extract information from sources, consider the context around a document's creation, and evaluate discrepancies in historical accounts. Teachers are encouraged to model document analysis strategies and use online resources to support instruction focused on developing students' historical thinking skills.
6. In a few seconds, we had ceased to be
men. Had the situation not been so tragic,
we might have laughed. We looked pretty
strange! Meir Katz, a colossus, wore a
child’s pants, and Stern, a skinny little
fellow, was floundering in a huge jacket.
We immediately started to switch.
7. I glanced over at my father. How different
he looked! His eyes were veiled. I wanted
to tell him something, but I didn’t know
what.
8. The night had passed completely. The
morning star shone in the sky. I too had
become a different person. The student
of Talmud, the child I was, had been
consumed by the flames. All that was left
was a shape that resembled me. My soul
had been invaded – and devoured – by a
black flame.
9. What is the difference between
inhuman and inhumane?
17. Mehta / Foorman 2005
“Students who spent a year in
classrooms taught by teachers
who use research-based
strategies are more likely to out-
perform those students who did
not.”
47. SOAP
S = Who is the speaker?
Author or creator of
document?
O = What’s the occasion?
What is happening in the
primary source?
A = Who is the audience?
Who do you think was
intended to see this, if
anyone?
P = What is the purpose
of the document? What
was the creator’s purpose in
making this primary source?
Why was it created?
85. Battle of the Little Bighorn
National Monument
Custer’s Last Stand
National Battlefield
Sioux Victory
National Memorial
Greasy Grass
National Battlefield
Custer’s Battlefield
National Monument
what should
we name it?
86. Brown, Dee. Bury My
Heart at Wounded Knee:
An Indian History of the
American West
Connell, Evan S. Son of
the Morning Star:
Custer and the Little
Bighorn