Previous issues of The Teaching with Primary Sources Journal, formerly known as Teaching with Primary Sources Quarterly, are available through this archive.

Accessibility

• TPS Quarterly — Accessibility: Vol. 2, No. 4, Fall 2009 | PDF 564 KB
• Feature Article — Making Text-Based Primary Sources More Accessible
• Elementary Activity — Listen and Wonder (PDF, 157 KB)
• Secondary Activity — Picturing American Industrialization (PDF, 2.1 MB)

The Civil War Across Disciplines

• TPS Journal — The Civil War Across Disciplines: Vol. 1, No. 1, Winter 2012 | PDF 839 KB
• Feature Article — Teaching About the Civil War with Primary Sources Across Disciplines
• Elementary Activity — Civil War Map Activity: Battle of Nashville (PDF, 730 KB)
• Secondary Activity — A House Divided: The Civil War Homefront (PDF, 3.54 MB)

Critical Thinking

• TPS Quarterly — Critical Thinking: Vol. 1, No. 2, Fall 2008 | PDF 500 KB
• Feature Article — Primary Sources: Gateways to Enhancing Critical Thinking
• Elementary Activity — American Symbols (PDF, 185 KB)
• Secondary Activity — Political Cartoons (PDF, 62 KB)

Differentiated Instruction

• TPS Quarterly — Differentiated Instruction: Vol. 2, No. 1, Winter 2009 | PDF 506 KB
• Feature Article — Engaging All Learners with Primary Sources
• Elementary Activity — The Declaration of Independence (PDF, 186 KB)
• Secondary Activity — Slavery in the Antebellum South (PDF, 1.75 MB)

Elementary Learners

• TPS Quarterly — Elementary Learners: Vol. 3, No. 4, Fall 2010 | PDF 596 KB
• Feature Article — Primary Sources and Elementary Students
• Elementary Activity — Classrooms Then and Now (PDF, 122 KB)
• Secondary Activity — Every Picture Tells a Story (PDF, 238 KB)

English Language Learners

• TPS Quarterly — English Language Learners: Vol. 3, No. 3, Summer 2010 | PDF 471 KB
• Feature Article — Primary Sources and English Language Learners
• Elementary Activity — Transportation Now and in the Past (PDF, 122 KB)
• Secondary Activity — Limits to Freedom of Speech and the Press? (PDF, 238 KB)

Historical Thinking

• TPS Quarterly — Historical Thinking: Vol. 3, No. 1, Winter 2010 | PDF 832 KB
• Feature Article — Thinking Like a Historian
• Elementary Activity — Historical Scene Investigation (PDF, 128 KB)
• Secondary Activity — Why did Congress Reject the League of Nations? (PDF, 105 KB)

Inquiry Learning

• TPS Quarterly — Inquiry Learning: Vol. 2, No. 3, Summer 2009 | PDF 598 KB
• Feature Article — Teaching Inquiry with Primary Sources
• Elementary Activity — Voices from the Dustbowl (PDF, 97 KB)
• Secondary Activity — “Was Abraham Lincoln an Abolitionist?” (PDF, 64 KB)

Literacy Integration

• TPS Quarterly — Literacy Integration: Vol. 1, No. 1, Summer 2008 | PDF 566 KB
• Feature Article — Primary Sources and Literacy
• Elementary Activity — Taking a Closer Look at Slavery (PDF, 89 KB)
• Secondary Activity — Jackie Robinson: "This I Believe" (PDF, 41 KB)

Project-Based Learning

• TPS Quarterly — Project-Based Learning: Vol. 3, No. 2, Spring 2010 | PDF 483 KB
• Feature Article — Project-Based Learning with Primary Sources
• Elementary Activity — Investigating Our Community’s (PDF, 1.58 MB)
• Secondary Activity — Understanding Immigration Through Popular Culture (PDF, 68 KB)

Science

• TPS Quarterly — Science: Vol. 4, No. 1, Winter 2011 | PDF 489 KB
• Feature Article — Primary Sources and Science
• Elementary Activity — Exploring the Scientific Method (PDF, 3.78 MB)
• Secondary Activity — Scientific Inquiry (PDF, 123 KB)

Technology Integration

• TPS Quarterly — Technology Integration: Vol. 2, No. 2, Spring 2009 | PDF 526 KB
• Feature Article — Technology Integration and Primary Sources
• Elementary Activity — Thomas Jefferson’s Library Activity (PDF, 87 KB)
• Secondary Activity — Maps and MapMakers Activity (PDF, 178 KB)

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