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.
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(8) Passages included in this Reading Set:
Primary Source: Gold in California!
The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in Californ...
Primary Source: First Modern Olympic Games
The first modern Olympic Games was a much smaller af...
Primary Source: Comanche, the Army Horse and Hero
Comanche, a U.S. Army horse, was known as the only U...
Primary Source: Spanish Flu Pandemic
The 1918 influenza pandemic, often called the Spanis...
Primary Source: The 1900 Galveston Hurricane
The deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history was t...
Primary Source: The Titanic Is Sinking
In 1912, the supposedly unsinkable "Titanic" sank in...
Primary Source: The Wright Brothers Fly
The world changed forever when the Wright brothers -...
Primary Source: Votes for Women Ratified
In 1920, the 19th Amendment which granted voting rig...