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295 Teachers are increasingly urged to include Primary doc-uments records or evidence of the past created in the past in their teaching of history and social studies. Primary Documents have clear advantages over textbook ac-counts. Historical Documents such as diaries, photographs, letters, and even house-by-house census manuscripts provide personal points of entry into history. They can offer eye-opening perspectives for students who believe that history is impersonal and therefore irrelevant to their lives. Criminal trials, inquests, and newspapers offer a sense of immediacy about the past, providing students with a window on history that is more urgent and interesting than textbook histories.

295 T eachers are increasingly urged to include primary doc-uments—records or evidence of the past created in the past—in their teaching of history and social studies.

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