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27 using Primary Documents - LearnAlberta.ca
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 Historical Documents such as diaries, photographs, letters, and even house-by-house census manuscripts provide personal points of entry into history.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. However, the usefulness of Primary Documents is not limited to their ability to entertain students. Initially engaged by the immediacy or personal nature of Primary Documents , many teachers use Primary sources as a hook to draw students into historical thinking.
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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