Primary Source World: Resources for a Global Classroom
Welcome to Primary Source World, where you'll discover new resources for globalizing your curriculum and enhancing your teaching. This site features teacher-created, classroom-ready activities designed around key primary sources, including written documents, artifacts, audio clips, visual evidence and much more. Each cluster of sources includes key questions, objectives, and a background essay to help you teach the activities with confidence and infuse more global content into your curriculum. These activities shed light on topics that are often misunderstood and give voice to under-represented groups and their histories. These rich, easy-to-use classroom ideas can bring an international perspective to any grade level or subject area.
Access the activities by clicking on a title below.
The Arts of Ancient and Traditional China for Elementary Classrooms (NEW!)
Cultural Snapshots of Daily Life in Japan for Elementary Students
Human-Environment Interactions in India
Korea: Chronic Challenges, Continued Hopes
Latin America and the Cold War
Modern Afghanistan: Making Meaning in the Aftermath of Conflict
Native Americans: Interactions at the Time of Settlement
Political and Cultural Identity in Postwar Japan
Preserving Culture and History in Africa
Teaching the "American War": Looking at the War in Vietnam through Vietnamese Eyes
Women's Roles in China: Changes Over Time
Women's Voices in the Modern Middle East (under construction)
