Patriotic Documents Primary Sources

The Patriotic Documents Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source items that are printed on sturdy 8.5" X 11" card stock. Patriotic Documents Primary Sources are just what teachers need to help students learn how to analyze primary sources in order to meet State Standards! Your students will: • think critically and analytically, interpret events, and question various perspectives of history. • participate in active learning by creating their own interpretations instead of memorizing facts and a writer’s interpretations. • integrate and evaluate information provided in diverse media formats to deepen their understanding of historical events. • experience a more relevant and meaningful learning experience. The 20 Patriotic Documents Primary Sources are: 1. Lithograph (1876) of the "Declaration Committee" 2. Thomas Jefferson’s "original Rough draught" of the Declaration of Independence 3. The Declaration of Independence: Introduction and Preamble 4. The Declaration of Independence: The List of Grievances 5. The Declaration of Independence: Denunciation, Conclusion, and Signatures 6. Painting entitled Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States 7. The United States Constitution: Preamble and Article I (Sections 1 – 6) 8. The United States Constitution: Article I (Sections 7 – 10) 9. The United States Constitution: Article II 10. The United States Constitution: Article III and Article IV 11. The United States Constitution: Articles V, VI, and VII and Signatures 12. Senate revisions to the proposed Bill of Rights amendments – September 1789 13. The Bill of Rights, ratified in 1791 14. Copy of broadside printing of the "Defense of Fort McHenry," a poem by Francis Scott Key 15. Quotations by Abraham Lincoln about the Declaration of Independence 16. Reproduction of the Emancipation Proclamation 17. The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution 18. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution 19. The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution 20. The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution