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Teaching With Primary Sources
Lesson Plan
This plan was developed under a grant from the Library of Congress at Wayne County RESA
By J'aime Holderbaum
Level:  Upper Elementary
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Day 1 Understanding Primary and Secondary Sources

Day 2  Examining Primary Source Advertisements From Michigan

Day 3  Research to Discover if Still in Business

Day 4  Create Your Own Michigan Advertisement

Evaluation

Resources
Evaluation

Use the following rubric to assess students:
 

Primary Sources Emerging Advertising in MI

CATEGORY
Class Discussion
Graphic Organizer
MI Advertisement
4
Student participated actively in discussions
Completed primary source graphic organizer with correct and thoughtful responses
Completed creation of an advertisement utilizing resources from Michigan
3
Student participated an average amount in discussions
Partially completed primary source graphic organizer with some misconceptions
Completed creation of an advertisement utilizing resources from Michigan with some misconceptions (ex: product used resources not found in MI)
2
Student participated minimally in discussions
Partially completed primary source graphic organizer with many misconceptions
Completed creation of an advertisement utilizing resources from Michigan with many misconceptions (ex: product used resources not found in MI)
1
Student did not participate in discussions
Did not complete primary source graphic organizer or had numerous misconceptions
Did not complete creation of an advertisement utilizing resources from Michigan or had numerous misconceptions