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Using Primary Sources: The Rogue's Gallery

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What would be in your life's scrapbook? Scholars use short video clips, primary and secondary documents, and photos to investigate a 1909 scrapbook. They analyze and uncover what the Rogue Book tells them about the past in Western America. This is the final installment of a three-part series. 

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CCSS: Adaptable
Concepts
the american frontier, the american west, primary source analysis
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Additional Tags
social studies
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Instructional Ideas
  • Split class into six teams to investigate each page of the scrapbook
  • Have each student bring in a photo to create a class scrapbook; have them explain why they chose that specific picture
  • Print out photos of the scrapbook and place around room prior to lesson
Classroom Considerations
  • The link to the Rogue Book doesn't work, but the lesson is still quite good 
Pros
  • Resource includes printable worksheets and primary documents
  • Provides printable photos from the scrapbook to use in class
Cons