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How Do We Know About People From The Past? PPTHow Do We Know About People From The Past? PPT
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How Do We Know About People From The Past?

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It's not enough to see or just read a primary source document; one has to analyze them fully to understand their historical implications. First learners are introduced to what primary and secondary sources are, then they read a bit of information regarding the Timucua Indians by two data-collecting explorers. They are then given the job of reading a French description of the Timucua people and compare it to primary images, which they finally analyze. Two thumbs up!

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critical thinking, deductive reasoning, secondary sources, image analysis, primary source analysis, primary sources

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analysis, critical thinking, deductive reasoning, primary sources, secondary sources, image analysis, timucua life, le moyne, mississipian culture area, social studies
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Grade
7th - 8th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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15

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