#primarily teaching

This summer teachers in our Primarily Teaching institutes across the country found and digitized primary sources related to Chinese immigration, President Hoover, World War I, NASA, and Native American fishing rights.

These educators hand-picked documents that they knew would make useful teaching tools.

“When I started researching, a lot of the documents caught my eye because they seemed to work together and interconnect. It’s amazing how much of someone’s story you can reconstruct from just a few pieces of paper.”

– Primarily Teaching participant Maretta Krista

‪Primarily Teaching is our summer workshop for educators on using historical documents in the classroom.

This summer, Maretta and other nationwide‬ participants researched and digitized more than 240 documents that were previously not available online.

“I know that they told us we weren’t discovering these documents, but that’s what it felt like. We’re not the first people to see these, but...everything is so new to you, that you feel like you’re the one discovering the records—it’s a pretty special feeling.”  –  Dan Falcon, Primarily Teaching

Primarily Teaching is our summer workshop for educators on using historical documents in the classroom. This summer, Dan and other nationwide participants researched and digitized more than 240 documents that were previously not available online.