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Build social studies content-area literacy by integrating dynamic primary sources into the classroom! This comprehensive kit uses original documents, maps, photographs, and other materials to engage students in understanding the United States Constitution and the lives and legacies of US Presidents. These authentic resources will capture students' curiosity about the past and build critical thinking as they analyze historical people and events. Primary Sources: American Presidents and the Constitution Kit includes: Eight Photograph Cards: Mount Rushmore; Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles; Secret Service Agents; And more…; Eight Primary Sources: Civil Rights Movement Newspaper Article; President Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khruschev Playing the Game of Bluff; Ticket for the Impeachment Trial of Andrew Johnson; And more…; and a Teacher's Guide including lesson plans, student activities, and document-based assessments.
Provide students with a deeper and more comprehensive view of historical events through maps, letters, photographs, political cartoons, and more! Students will participate in the constructive process of history by studying primary source documents and photographs. Viewing historic photographs, handling facsimiles of famous documents, and reading the comments and opinions of those in the past prepare students for document-based assessments.
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