Primary Sources
Primary sources take the reader to major historic moments as they are happening. This reading set has newspaper articles contemporaneous to an event. Teachers might find them useful as a starting point for a class project, a launch point for a class discussion, or an enhancement for a study unit.
Reading Passages In This Set
Primary Source: Gold in California!
The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in Californ...
514 Words, 4th-8th Grades, Main / Central Idea and Summary
Primary Source: First Modern Olympic Games
The first modern Olympic Games was a much smaller af...
381 Words, 5th-12th Grades, Compare and Contrast and Summary
Primary Source: Comanche, the Army Horse and Hero
Comanche, a U.S. Army horse, was known as the only U...
658 Words, 4th-8th Grades, Context Clues, Figurative Language, and Summary
Primary Source: Spanish Flu Pandemic
The 1918 influenza pandemic, often called the Spanis...
789 Words, 9th-12th Grades, Context Clues, Summary, and Theme
Primary Source: The 1900 Galveston Hurricane
The deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history was t...
1,051 Words, 9th-12th Grades, Main / Central Idea and Summary
Primary Source: The Titanic Is Sinking
In 1912, the supposedly unsinkable "Titanic" sank in...
851 Words, 8th-12th Grades, Context Clues, Main / Central Idea, and Summary
Primary Source: The Wright Brothers Fly
The world changed forever when the Wright brothers -...
764 Words, 7th-10th Grades, Context Clues and Summary
Primary Source: Votes for Women Ratified
In 1920, the 19th Amendment which granted voting rig...
715 Words, 9th-12th Grades, Context Clues and Summary