Primary Sources Matrix

Colorado
Academic
Standards

NETS T

1. Number
Sense,
Properties,
and
Operations

When
teaching
new math
concepts
use
primary
sources in
the
lesson.
These
sources
could
include
the
people
who
discovere
d the
concept,
the time
period
when it
was
discovere
d, and
how it
changed
math.
Students
will learn
that math
rules are
not
random.

NETS S

Blooms
Taxonomy

Constructi
vism

Student
Use

Mathematics
Reflect on
Students
reflect on
how
mathemati
cal
concepts
came to be
understoo
d.

Direct
Instructio
n

Flipped
Classroo
m

Instructio
nism

Behavior
ism

2. Patterns,
Functions,
and
Algebraic
Structures
3. Analysis,
Statistics,
and
Probability
4. Shape,
Dimension,
and
Geometric
Relationship
s
Reading, Writing, and Communicating
1. Oral
Expression
and
Listening
2. Reading
for All
Purposes

Before
starting a
book, the
class
should
learn
about the
backgrou
nd of the
books.
Primary
sources
could
include
pictures
of the
author,
letters
written by

Predict
Students
can predict
how the
informatio
n they
learn from
the
primary
sources
will relate
to the
book.
Respond to
As they
are
reading
the book,
students

the
author,
and
pictures
from the
time
period
and
setting of
the book.

can
respond by
connecting
their
backgroun
d
knowledge
.

3. Writing
and
Compositio
n
4. Research
and
Reasoning
Social Studies
1. History

Students
create a
Google
Trek of
the
events
that take
place
during a
historical
event.
They will
need to
find at
least 3
primary
sources
and place
them on
the map
where

Summarize
Students
summarize
the most
important
parts of a
historical
event.
Create
Students
use
technology
to create a
Google
Trek that
can
present to
the class.

they
occurred.
2.
Geography
3.
Economics
4. Civics
Science
1. Physical
Science

Create a
presentati
on of
several
primary
sources
regarding
scientific
theories
and
discoverie
s.
Students
will learn
where
these
theories
came
from and
who
discovere
d them.
They will
learn that
there
were
times
where
concepts
everyone
knows

Clarify
Students
can get
clarificatio
n on
scientific
concepts
they dont
yet
understan
d.
Recognize
Students
recognize
how
science
connect to
a students
everyday
life. They
will
recognize
where
these
concepts
come
from.

today
were not
yet
discovere
d.
2. Life
Science
3. Earth
Systems
Science
Differentiation
Learning
Disabilities EEOs

Students
can work
in pairs to
locate 1
or 2
primary
sources.

Gifted/
Talented

Students
are
challenge
d to find
primary
sources
such as
document
s and
letters
instead of

Select
Students
research
primary
sources
and then
select the
one(s)
they are
most
interested
in or that
are most
relevant to
the
assignmen
t.
Provide
Students
provide
the most
creative
primary
sources
they can
find. Its
easy to
find

just
pictures.

pictures of
important
people or
places
compared
to
documents
and handwritten
letters.

Other
Reflection: Primary sources are a great way to make teaching more relatable. Students can see what they are learning actually
connects to the real world. Students can learn how to use another form of technology, Google Trek, to create a presentation. I had
some trouble finding the specific sources that I wanted but it was easier to find the source then plan a lesson around it.