Using Media to Study History

Grade levels:

CONTENT STATEMENT

Photographs, letters, artifacts, and books can be used to learn about the past.

CONTENT ELABORATION

Photographs, letters, artifacts, and books provide children a first opportunity to interpret primary sources. Primary sources are records of events as they are first described, usually by witnesses or by people who were involved in the event.
At this level, children begin to talk about photographs, letters, artifacts, and books to learn about their past, if these resources are available.

EXPECTATIONS FOR LEARNING

Communicate information and draw conclusions about the past using photographs, letters, artifacts, and books.

POTENTIAL CAREERS

Searched Using media

25-4022.00Librarians and Media Collections Specialists
27-3031.00Public Relations Specialists  Bright Outlook  
27-1014.00Special Effects Artists and Animators
27-2012.03Media Programming Directors 
13-1161.01Search Marketing Strategists 
15-1299.06Digital Forensics Analysts 
25-4031.00Library Technicians
43-4121.00Library Assistants, Clerical
27-1013.00Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
27-3023.00News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
29-2099.05Ophthalmic Medical Technologists 
31-9094.00Medical Transcriptionists
43-6013.00Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
29-2011.00Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists
11-2011.00Advertising and Promotions Managers
27-4032.00Film and Video Editors
51-9082.00Medical Appliance Technicians
29-2057.00Ophthalmic Medical Technicians 
27-3099.00Media and Communication Workers, All Other 
27-4099.00Media and Communication Equipment Workers, All Other

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