Teaching the Tapestry of American History Primary Sources Analysis Task Response Sheet
Name County Select One Williamson County Maury County
School Grade Level Select One Fourth Fifth Eighth High School
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) Select One Culture and Cultural Diversity Time, Continuity, and Change People, Places, and Environments Individual Development and Identity Individuals, Groups, and Institutions Power, Authority, and Governance Production, Distribution, and Consumption Science, Technology, and Society Global Connections Civic Ideals and Practice
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.