Gr 8-12 "KEEPING IT REAL": Choosing & Using Primary Sources

A museum educator will use primary documents from the June 6th, 1944, D-Day Invasion of Normandy to teach your students about the importance of primary documents. The program will cover how we use these sources to see what really happened in the past, why they are essential in any good research, and how to locate/identify quality sources.


Program format
1. We introduce the Museum in New Orleans
2. Brief background of WWII and D-Day history
3. Define and Discuss what Primary & Secondary sources are.
4. Students explore and compare a series of primary D-Day descriptions: a diary, official communiques, action reports, and newspaper reports


Objectives:
Students will learn the basic history and importance of D-Day
Students will learn how to interact with history through artifacts, oral histories, and primary documents
Students will learn to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of different types of primary sources


By Request Cost: $100.00


Chrissy Gregg
virtualclassroom@nationalww2museum.org
The National WWII Museum
945 Magazine St.
New Orleans, LA  70130
United States
Phone: (504) 528-1944 ext. 351
Fax: (504) 527-6088