Campfire Stories with George Catlin: Letter's from the Frontier: Reading and Writing Primary Documents Lesson Plan

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Campfire Stories with George Catlin: Letter's from the Frontier: Reading and Writing Primary Documents Lesson Plan

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By immersing themselves in primary sources (George Catlin's letters), students will learn the difference between objective and subjective writing styles. They will draw facts out of the letters to create newspaper articles in Activity 1, and write their own letters as if they were members of the Catlin family in Activity 2. These activities are designed to enliven historical figures, to connect the "current events" of the past with the current events of the present, and to help students read and interpret historical documents.

Education Levels:

5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Subject:

History, Psychology, United States History, History, Journalism, Reading, Writing (composition)

Resource Type:

Lesson plan

Medium:

Text/HTML

Fee Status:

Free

Beneficiary:

Students

Online provider:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Keywords:

Catlin, George, George Catlin, Primary source documents, Interpreting historical documents, Historical documents, Interpreting primary source documents, George Catlin's letters, Objective writing style, Subjective writing style, Writing style, Historical figures, Chronicle, Native American culture, Native American tribes in the nineteenth century, U.S. policy in the nineteenth century, Catlin, Putnam, Catlin, Polly, Catlin, Clara, Catlin, Julius, Role-playing

Mediator:

Teachers, Middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers

Language:

English

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Campfire Stories with George Catlin: Letter's from the Frontier: Reading and Writing Primary Documents Lesson Plan

Campfire Stories with George Catlin: Letter's from the Frontier: Reading and Writing Primary Documents Lesson Plan

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