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Assessment Activities
Primary sources can be useful tools for evaluating student
mastery of skills and concepts. Use primary sources to assess
what students have learned and to evaluate their skill in
analyzing primary sources. For evaluation activities, select
either sources from the historical era under study or choose
contemporary sources related to the historical topic. Actual
assessment tasks might include having students:
- Write an essay about a primary source document. Explain
how the source supports or challenges a commonly accepted
conclusion about a time in history.
- Based on analysis of several primary sources, prepare
an oral presentation taking a stand on an issue in history.
- Select primary source documents to create a museum display
about an historical topic. Write captions for the items
and justify the documents that were selected.
- Write a response to a primary source (speech, news article,
sermon), taking the position of someone who lived at the
time the source was created.
- Prepare a visual display (poster, magazine cover, illustrated
timeline) that highlights the most important points to be
gained from the primary sources under study.
Primary Source from Sharon, Connecticut- a
Diary of an Enlisted Man (Civil War)
Sharon Green Scavenger Hunt- Scavenger
Hunt :: Answer
Sheet
Interactive Maps of Sharon, Connecticut- Google
Maps
Additional Sites of Interest
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