GRADE EIGHT PRIMARY SOURCES History from Personal Journals and Letters INDICATORS Social Studies: SKILLS AND METHODS 4 Compare accuracy and point of view of fiction and nonfiction sources about a particular era or event. 5 Construct a historical narrative using primary and secondary sources. English Language Arts: ACQUISITION OF VOCABULARY > TOOLS AND RESOURCES 7 Determine the meanings and pronunciations of unknown words by using dictionaries, thesauruses, glossaries, technology and textual features, such as definitional footnotes or sidebars. English Language Arts: READING PROCESS > COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES 2 Answer literal, inferential, evaluative and synthesizing questions to demonstrate comprehension of grade-appropriate print texts and electronic and visual media. Language Arts: WRITING APPLICATIONS 1 Write narratives that: a. sustain reader interest by pacing action and developing an engaging plot (e.g., tension and suspense); b. use literary devices to enhance style and tone; and c. create complex characters in a definite, believable setting. 4 Write informational essays or reports, including research, that: a. pose relevant and tightly drawn questions that engage the reader; b. provide a clear and accurate perspective on the subject; c. create an organizing structure appropriate to the purpose, audience and context; d. support the main ideas with facts, details, examples and explanations from sources; and e. document sources and include bibliographies. 6 Produce informal writings (e.g., journals, notes and poems) for various purposes. ACTIVITIES (See the resource listings below for Internet Resources, Opening the Door West Plus! Bonus Materials, and the WOUB/Shelburne Films DVD documentary Opening the Door West tie-ins to the activities.) • Respond to Current Events 4 The documentary uses primary sources – accounts left behind by the first official settlers of Northwest Territory – to paint a rich picture of the life and times of the settlement of Ohio. • View examples from the documentary on the DVD. • Read examples from the bonus materials on the CD. • Review the definitions of primary and secondary sources if necessary. • Use local newspapers (or other sources) to learn about current events affecting the United States. • Respond to current events affecting the United States in journal entries. These journal entries could be a part of or entirely separate from their daily journals. Opening the Door West Plus! Grade 8 • USING SOURCES 1 of 7 • Historical Narratives 4 The documentary is a multimedia narrative of the history of the first official settlers of the Northwest Territory. • Explore how the documentary used both primary and secondary sources to create a narrative history of the Ohio’s early days. • View the bonus materials for additional content and ideas. • Review the definitions of primary and secondary sources if necessary. • Find and read additional primary sources for your specific location, a specific time period or event. • Use the current American history social studies text available in the classroom as an example of a secondary source for the same specific time period or event. • Locate and read an additional secondary source for your geographical location, the same specific time period or an event. • Write a narrative account of the time period or event that includes quotations from the primary sources. INTERNET RESOURCES • Journal Writing 4 Journaling: http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/tjournal.htm • Journal topics include: Metacognitive, Double Entry, Reflective, Dialectical, Activities, Response, Learning Log, Synthesis, and Speculation About Effects. Schools of California Online Resources for Education 4 University of Florida’s journaling page: http://writing.fsu.edu/fyw/tguide/p4/part4h.htm. 4 Connery, Brian A. “Using Journals in the Cross-Curricular Course: Restoring Process”: http://jac.gsu.edu/jac/8/Articles/12.htm. • Current Events affecting the United States. 4 Newspapers Online: http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html. Click on National just above Alabama to see a list of over 60 newspapers. Follow the links to individual papers such as: Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post and many others. 4 News Online: • National News Services: Public Broadcasting Service: http://www.pbs.org/news, National Public Radio: http://www.npr.org/news, CNN: http://www.cnn.com, MSNBC: http://msnbc.msn.com/, FOX: http://www.foxnews.com, ABC: http://abcnews.go.com/, CBS: http://www.cbsnews.com/, • Area national news services: www.publicbroadcasting.net/woub/news.newsmain, www.woub.org/radio • Writing Historical Narratives 4 Features of Narratives [English Online]: http://campus.northpark.edu/history/Classes/Basics/Narrative.html 4 Writing the History Paper: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/soc_sciences/history.shtml 4 Read, Interpret, Evaluate Historical Narratives: http://campus.northpark.edu/history/Classes/Basics/Narrative.html 2 of 7 Grade 8 • USING SOURCES Opening the Door West Plus! • Using Primary Sources in the Classroom 4 Sensitive Content, The problem of offensive content: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/primarysources.asp#sensative 4 “Up Against Authentic History” by Billy Tally, Center for Children and Technology: http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/teachtech/historysrc.htm 4 Repositories of Primary Sources – Ohio: http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/east2.html#usoh 4 Ohio: http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/teachers/primary.html 4 U. S. Library of Congress: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/primary.html 4 U. S. National Archives Digital Classroom: http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/teaching_with_documents.html 4 A Timeline of Documents: http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/ 4 Primary Sources for the Classroom: http://www.bridgingthedisconnects.org/teachers/Primary_Sources.htm 4 “Using Digitized Primary Source Materials in the Classroom: A Colorado Case Study” by Nena E. Bllom and Cynthia Stout: http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_6/bloom/#author 4 “Using Primary Sources in the Secondary Classroom” by Joan W. Musbach: http://www.oah.org/pubs/magazine/greatdepression/musbach.html • Primary Sources: 4 The President of the United States home page: http://www.whitehouse.gov/ 4 United States Senate: http://www.senate.gov/ 4 United States House of Representatives: http://www.house.gov/ 4 Supreme Court of the United States of America: http://www.supremecourtus.gov/ 4 InfOhio > Core Collection > Annals of American History • At http://www.infohio.org, look for the following topics: 8 Northwest Ordinance 8 On a Treaty With the Indians, 1788. In a letter to Manasseh Cutler on May 16, 1788, Putnam stressed the urgency of a treaty with the Native Americans, hoping thereby to encourage further migration to the Ohio Valley area. 8 The Disposition of Lands in the Western Territory, 1785. To encourage settlement in the territory between the Appalachians and the Mississippi, north of the Ohio River, Congress passed a Land Ordinance on May 20, 1785. 4 Memoirs of Rufus Putnam • Buell, comp. “The Memoirs of Rufus Putnam 1738-1804”. Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University. The Ohio Valley-Great Lakes Ethnohistory Archives: The Miami Collection. Tribal Document Collection, Docket 317 from Box 35: /http://www.gbl.indiana.edu/archives/dockett_317/317_38a.htmlConsolidated Docket No. 317, Defendant Exhibits 61-171/. Opening the Door West Plus! Grade 8 • USING SOURCES 3 of 7 Opening the Door West Plus! RESOURCES BONUS MATERIALS – PRIMARY SOURCES LOCATION CATEGORY DOCUMENT SOURCE LENGTH CD Introduction to the Hildreth Collection Pioneer History & Hildreth 1 page and Pioneer History Collection Transcripts CD Culture Causes of the Indian Wars - Ichabod Nye Ichabod Nye Memoirs 2 pages CD Culture St. Clair Family - Rev. R. R. Gurley Hildreth Collection Transcripts 1 page CD History 1788 Map, Rectangular Township Survey Scale Drawing System, Eastern Ohio - Cutler CD History Adelphi 1788 Description - Hildreth Collection Transcripts 1 page Author unknown CD History Belpre Settlement “Farmer’s Castle” Hildreth Collection Transcripts 5 pages - Ebner Batelle CD History Campus Martius - Ichabod Nye Hildreth Collection Transcripts 2 pages CD History Campus Martius Description - Pioneer History 1 page Author unknown CD History Campus Martius Plans Scale Drawing CD History Compensation for Indian Widow - Hildreth Collection Transcripts 1 page Rufus Putnam CD History Donation Land Rules Pioneer History 1 page CD History First Town Meeting in the Ohio Pioneer History 1 page Company Settlement CD History Greenville Treaty, text Historical document 7 pages CD History Journal of a Fort Harmar Sergeant - Pioneer History & Hildreth 7 pages Joseph Buell Collection Transcripts CD History Land Ordinance of 1785, text Historical document 4 pages CD History Letter to George Washington - Pioneer History 2 pages Rufus Putnam CD History Manasseh Cutler Journal: Hildreth Collection Transcripts 7 pages Trip to Ohio Company Lands CD History Marietta City Plat Map - Putnam Scale Drawing CD History Northwest Ordinance of 1787, picture Historical document CD History Northwest Ordinance of 1787, text Historical document 5 pages CD History Ohio Company Meeting - First Settlers Pioneer History 2 pages CD History Ohio Company Purchase Map Scale Drawing CD History Ohio Company Settlement - Joseph Barker Pioneer History 1 page CD History Picketed Point - John Matthews Hildreth Collection Transcripts 2 pages CD History Proclamation of 1763, text Historical document