Use original documents and photographs as well as letters, maps, cartoons, and posters to help students explore the past. Primary sources provide unique insight into the lives of people in different time periods.

Each kit includes: 16 photographs and primary source documents--photo cards with background information, discussion questions, and suggested activities printed on the back; CD with photographs, other primary sources student activity sheets, and extension activities; and 80 page Teacher's Guide including lesson plans, background information, a wide variety of student activities, and a document-based assessment section to help students prepare for essays found on many standardized tests. Plus, each kit meets the NCSS standards for primary source documents and this series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.

Photographs:North Carolina bank in 1940 and a line at an ATM today; Fire fighter in 1909 and a modern hook and ladder fire engine; 1900 courthouse from Texas and a view inside a modern police vehicle; Maryland school library from 1942 and computers in a school library today; 1940 one-room school house and a modern center-based classroom; Portrait of a Dakota medicine man and a modern medical test being performed; Man on his hours as part of the Pony Express and a young boy receiving his mail today; 1908 North Dakota farmer on a plow and modern farm equipment.

Primary Sources: Both sides of a $20.00 bill; 9-1-1 transcript record; Wanted Poster for the James Brothers; Fiction title card from a card catalog; Report card from 1952-1983; Modern immunization records; Letter written by a six-year-old girl in 1978; Cover of a seed catalog from the 1890s.

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