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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Approaches to Knowledge

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An article addressing how knowledge is acquired from different media formats. The article also discusses how scholars from the past asked questions about knowledge and launched their own investigations.
Unit Plan
Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Protecting the Rights of the People

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find relationships among primary and secondary sources that identify where information from different sources converges and where it differs.
Activity
University of Hawai'i

University of Hawaii: Have a Historical Question? Ask a Historian!

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site summarizes what a historian does, what tools they use, and how to prepare to ask a historical question.
Activity
Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: Mystery Object Challenge

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Practice historical investigation skills with this mystery object activity. Look at the image and try to determine its story.
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Other

College of William & Mary: Historical Scene Investigation Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Looking for a way for your students to use more primary sources? This website contain cases that give students experiences similar to those of a real historian.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Comparison Papers: Key Elements

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson goes over words, phrases, and key elements that are included in comparison contrast papers.
Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Primary & Secondary Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A twelve-part learning module with links to texts, videos, quizzes, images, and websites to use while learning about primary and secondary research sources.
Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Primary Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module with twenty-three links to videos, texts, images, websites, texts, and a quiz about primary sources.
Graphic
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Compare and Contrast Map

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Use this graphic organizer to compare or contrast ideas, things, or texts. This is a great cross-curricular tool to use for both reading strategies and prewriting.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Evaluate Site

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides students with strategies for researching on the internet and how to tell if a resource is reputable. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.7