Description: Teaching with Primary Sources Today empowers K-12 teachers to make history come alive through inquiry-based learning that engages students with authentic images, maps, and documents. With a hands-on pedagogical approach, this book equips teachers to use primary sources to help students discover how history connects to their world today. Drawing on current research and classroom-tested practices, the book provides a structured approach for selecting, analyzing, and integrating primary sources across grade levels. A robust collection of supplemental digital resources ensures that the strategies in the book can be immediately applied in the classroom.
Brief description: Kathleen Ross is a pseudonym for the multiple educators who have contributed to Shell Education's primary sources professional resource book. The contributing authors have decades of experience teaching social studies courses in K-12 and at the university level and share a passion for enhancing learning experiences and fostering innovation in educational practice.