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Skills Lesson

Introductory lessons to help students build basic skills in historiography and source analysis

17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Classroom Materials, Grades 4 and Up, Grades 6 and Up, Grades 8 and Up, Skills Lesson, Visual Literacy

Skills Lesson: Anatomy of a Map

Map of the United States and Indian Territory. Insets on around the edges show major cities and pieces of infrastructure.

DCCAuthor
September 29, 2023

17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Classroom Materials, Grades 4 and Up, Grades 6 and Up, Grades 8 and Up, Skills Lesson, Visual Literacy

Skills Lesson: Decoding Lines in Maps

Map of Ohio with sections of surrounding states and Lake Eire, Ohio is broken into different colored counties. Roads, railroads, canals, and cities are marked.

DCCAuthor
September 21, 2023

15th Century, Classroom Materials, College Prep, Skills Lesson

Skills Lesson: Anatomy of a Manuscript Page

Page of an illuminated medieval manuscript. A border of leaves and flowers surrounds Latin text handwritten in black. There are two small images within the text. In the upper left the Virgin Mary holds Jesus inside of an illuminated "O." In the lower left, a person with a halo and a blue cloak holds a goblet.

DCCAuthor
December 12, 2022

15th Century, Classroom Materials, College Prep, Skills Lesson

Skills Lesson: Reading Middle English in Manuscript

Detail of lines of Middle English text on vellum

DCCAuthor
December 12, 2022

Classroom Materials, Grades 4 and Up, Grades 6 and Up, Grades 8 and Up, Skills Lesson

Skills Lesson: Reading a Caption

newberry
April 4, 2022

Classroom Materials, Grades 4 and Up, Grades 6 and Up, Grades 8 and Up, Skills Lesson

Skills Lesson: Types of Photographs

newberry
April 4, 2022

Classroom Materials, Grades 4 and Up, Grades 6 and Up, Grades 8 and Up, Skills Lesson

Skills Lesson: Dating a Photograph

newberry
April 4, 2022

Classroom Materials, Grades 4 and Up, Grades 6 and Up, Grades 8 and Up, Skills Lesson

Skills Lesson: Types of Sources

Hand-drawn map of central and eastern North America labeled in French.

newberry
March 7, 2022

Classroom Materials, Grades 4 and Up, Grades 6 and Up, Grades 8 and Up, Skills Lesson

Skills Lesson: Reading a Transcription

newberry
March 7, 2022

Classroom Materials, Grades 4 and Up, Grades 6 and Up, Grades 8 and Up, Skills Lesson

Skills Lesson: Political Cartoons

A black-and-white line drawing of a giant, wheeled machine fronted with two outstretched hands pushes crowds of people off a cliff into a valley labeled "Unemployment Dump." The machine is labeled "Modern Machinery."

newberry
March 7, 2022

Classroom Materials, Grades 4 and Up, Grades 6 and Up, Grades 8 and Up, Skills Lesson

Skills Lesson: Bias

Print of a hand-drawn image. A wagon train of pioneer wagons move westward across a plain. In the background is a mountain range with the sun rising over it. In the upper left is a small circular image of white explorers standing on the edge of a cliff and pointing to a river valley below. In the lower right is a circular image of men two men on a road by a tent. In the background is a body of water with a boat. The image’s title “The March of Destiny” hangs across the top of the main image on a banner.

newberry
March 1, 2022