When students learn from primary sources, they have an opportunity to connect with the past. But such interactions with primary sources—items connected to a topic of study and time period—shouldn’t be ...

History is not a passive subject. Historians actively search out and analyze primary sources in order to tell the stories of our past. Behind those streamlined narratives are hundreds of messy sources ...

Equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) are essential values in creating a welcoming environment for every student, faculty member and employee, and are pivotal to improving college outcomes. There are ...

Primary sources and special collections reading rooms can intimidate undergraduate and graduate students. Unlike secondary source research, where students can search online databases that often ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What are good ways to have students learn about—and use—primary sources? Part One featured suggestions from Donna L. Shrum, Kevin Thomas Smith, Sarah Cooper, and ...

Are you prepared to put a primary source in context when teaching Black histories? I am asking this question because guidance on how teachers should respond to racially charged moments is an ...

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Under the revised curriculum of the Commission on Higher Education, college-level Philippine history will be taught using primary sources. This means learning about an event in the past from the voice ...

Students will gain skills necessary for researching by locating credible and original sources, determining if the sources are primary or secondary, ascertaining the qualifications and reputation of ...

What is a primary source? Primary sources are direct, first-hand accounts that describe a particular time period or event. Examples of primary sources include published materials (books, magazine and ...