What could possibly be more exciting than document analysis or historical political cartoons?!? I KNOW, RIGHT?!?!
And yet… our darlings seem to have so much difficulty with both. Here are some ideas on helping them out an itsy tiny bitsy lil’ bit and some of my favorite examples.
The Basketball Game (Sourcing Activity) – The idea for this isn’t original, although this particular variation is one I created for use in class.
Basic Document Analysis w/ Mr. Miyagi (Introducing APARTY or SOAPSTone or HIPPO or…?)
Sample APARTY Intro (“re: Your Brains” by Jonathan Coulton)
Analyzing Political Cartoons (COATS)
Selected Primary Sources (in other words, a few of my favorites for classroom use)