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Connecticut Primary Sources Gallopade International

The Connecticut Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history in Connecticut.

The Connecticut Primary Sources will help your students build common core skills including:

Analysis
Critical Thinking
Point of View
Compare and Contrast
Order of Events
And Much More!

Perfect for gallery walks and literature circles! Great research and reference materials!

The 20 Connecticut Primary Sources are:
1. Map of Connecticut 1794
2. Photograph of African-American baseball team in Danbury 1880
3. Composite illustration of Connecticut native Harriet Beecher Stowe and scenes from her novel Uncle Toms Cabin 1893
4. Advertisement for Websters International Dictionary Connecticut native Noah Webster created first dictionary in early 1800s 1896
5. Poster advertising Barnum & Bailey "Greatest Show on Earth" circus P. T. Barnum was native of Connecticut 1900
6. Photograph of Samuel Colt Memorial in Hartford famous inventor and industrialist was born in Hartford photo taken 1907
7. Photograph of Mark Twain Twain lived in Hartford for 17 years and wrote many of his famous novels there 1907
8. Young boy picking tobacco near Gildersleeve, Connecticut 191710. Photograph of workers at electric shaver plant in Stamford plant converted from making shavers to producing machine tool parts during WWII 1942
11. Photograph of man working on hull of submarine at the Electric Boat Company in Groton shipbuilding is important industry in Connecticut 1943
12. Photograph of George H. W. Bush, capta