Testimonials

At Teaching with Primary Sources - University of Northern Colorado, we are continually providing workshops for K-12 educators throughout Colorado and Wyoming. To get a feel for the impact of these workshops, sample some of the comments from our past participants.  

I am always looking online at LOC, I love using the American Memories page and I constantly look for more materials that I can integrate into my class.

Through a PowerPoint, search exercise, and the lesson plan I did for the Primary Source Class I took at UNC this last August, I have planted the seed for staff members to explore the Primary Source site. Also working with our town library, we have had the opportunity to share the program with other schools.

Students gain a more personal viewpoint of the historical periods we explore through primary sources. By hearing the voices of people that actually lived through some of the key events and time periods in history, they can better realate to and connect to their own lives the information they are learning.

I've used the materials mentioned in the previous question for units on the Amerian Revolution, Westward Expansion and Native American tribes. We are starting a unit on Government and Debate. I hope to use court documents and transcripts to teach Supreme Court cases.

Students have been excited about primary sources and their connections to real people who lived at a different time. They have gained insights and improved their understanding of how similar events are related through history.

I continue to search the LOC to find documents and pictures that I can use to reference for introductions to units and more in depth research. Found more than just photographs to use, and am getting better at searching for something specific.