Teaching the Tapestry of American History
Primary Sources Analysis Task Response Sheet
 

Name     County

School     Grade Level

Task Title

1.   Choose 1 usable primary source that relates to your era.  Analyze your source while responding to the following prompts. Your responses should not exceed 1, single spaced, typewritten page.  

2.   Align your source with the most appropriate thematic strand and performance expectation.     Please list that strand by name and number. (i.e. “Culture and Cultural Diversity”: Thematic Strand 1)
 

3.   Identify your source and describe its format and availability. ( i.e.- website, journal, photograph and available in library, on overhead, copies etc.)   
 

4.   Justify using this source in your classroom.  Why is this source valuable?  To the era we are studying? To my students? 
 

5.   What is the “point” of using this primary source?  What information or conclusion do you wish for your students to reach? 
  

6.   What questions or activities will you use to lead your students in reaching the desired conclusion?  Please list at least 5 questions and 3 activities.  

7.   What strategies will you use to differentiate for gifted/special needs students? Please use list five strategies or three activities.