Analyzing Primary Sources: Learning from Audio Recordings
Awesome Stories
www.awesomestories.com
"AwesomeStories is a gathering place of primary-source information. Its purpose - since the site was first launched in 1999 - is to help educators and individuals find original sources, located at national archives, libraries, universities, museums, historical societies and government-created web sites.
AwesomeStories is about primary sources. The stories exist as a way to place original materials in context and to hold those links together in an interesting, cohesive way (thereby encouraging people to look at them). It is a totally different kind of web site in that its purpose is to place primary sources at the forefront - not the opinions of a writer. Its objective is to take the site's users to places where those primary sources are located.
This educational, curriculum-support teaching/learning tool is also designed to support state and national standards. Each story on the site links to online primary-source materials which are positioned in context to enhance reading comprehension, understanding and enjoyment."
~ Awesome Stories
"AwesomeStories is a gathering place of primary-source information. Its purpose - since the site was first launched in 1999 - is to help educators and individuals find original sources, located at national archives, libraries, universities, museums, historical societies and government-created web sites.
AwesomeStories is about primary sources. The stories exist as a way to place original materials in context and to hold those links together in an interesting, cohesive way (thereby encouraging people to look at them). It is a totally different kind of web site in that its purpose is to place primary sources at the forefront - not the opinions of a writer. Its objective is to take the site's users to places where those primary sources are located.
This educational, curriculum-support teaching/learning tool is also designed to support state and national standards. Each story on the site links to online primary-source materials which are positioned in context to enhance reading comprehension, understanding and enjoyment."
~ Awesome Stories
Docs Teach
Library of Congress: American Memory
National Archives: Finding Primary Sources
Podomatic / GarageBand / Audacity
www.podomatic.com
Podomatic is a website specialized in the creation of tools and services that enable users to easily find, create, distribute, promote and listen to both audio and video podcasts.
Students can read their own writing into a podcast. Students can then listen to their recordings and make necessary revisions based on how the work sounds as an “outsider.” Students may also listen to one another’s podcasts to provide peer-to-peer feedback on recordings.
Podomatic is a website specialized in the creation of tools and services that enable users to easily find, create, distribute, promote and listen to both audio and video podcasts.
Students can read their own writing into a podcast. Students can then listen to their recordings and make necessary revisions based on how the work sounds as an “outsider.” Students may also listen to one another’s podcasts to provide peer-to-peer feedback on recordings.
Primary Source Materials: Moving Images and Sound Recordings
Shortcuts for Finding Primary Sources
Smithsonian
T E D
www.ted.com
TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.
Use engaging videos on TED-Ed to create customized lessons or simply allow students the opportunity to listen to relevant TED talks.
TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.
Use engaging videos on TED-Ed to create customized lessons or simply allow students the opportunity to listen to relevant TED talks.