Signature Assignment: Primary Source Analysis
Overview
For this assignment, the student will select an historical issue from the first half of U.S. history (pre-history to 1877) to analyze in a paper using primary sources.
Attachments
The attachment for this resource is a sample assignment where students use primary sources to analyze a debated historical issue.
About This Resource
The sample assignment was submitted by a participant in a one-day workshop entitled “New Approaches to Frontier History” for world history teachers hosted by the Alliance for Learning in World History.
This resource was contributed by Kristen Vogel.