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African American Heritage Primary Sources Pack Gallopade International

The Primary Sources series is the winner of the 2015 Academics' Choice Awards for the 2015 Smart Book Award in recognition of mind-building excellence. The African American Heritage Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source that are printed on sturdy 8.5" X 11" card stock.

African American Heritage Primary Sources are just what teachers need to help students learn how to analyze primary sources in order to meet Common Core State Standards!

Students participate in active learning by creating their own interpretations of history using historical documents. Students make observations, generate questions, organize information and ideas, think analytically, write persuasively or informatively, and cite evidence to support their opinion, hypotheses, and conclusions. Students learn how to integrate and evaluate information to deepen their understanding of historical events. As a result, students experience a more relevant and meaningful learning experience.

The 20 documents in the African American Heritage Primary Sources Pack are:
1. Reproduction of a handbill advertising a slave auction in Charleston - 1769
2. Illustration of Nat Turner's slave revolt - 1831
3. Photograph of abolitionist Frederick Douglass and an excerpt from his 1881 autobiography titled Life and Times of Frederick Douglass - photo circa 1847-1852
4. Title page of Uncle Tom's Cabin - 1852
5. Photograph of slaves planting sweet potatoes on a South Carolina plantation - 1862
6. Painting of regimental flag of the 3rd United States Colored Troops depicting African American soldier and Columbia holding an American flag between them - between 1860 and 1870
7. Photograph of a reproduction of