Exploring Primary Sources, Grades 4-6

This workshop will introduce your students to using primary sources to gather evidence and make conclusions. Using materials from three different collections, students will look at primary sources from the 1790s and 1830s, take notes about what they see, and use these notes to communicate and draw conclusions about the past. With hands-on instruction that appeals to kinesthetic and visual learners, students will leave with a greater appreciation of what can be learned by exploring primary sources. Students will also be able to go on a behind-the-scenes tour of the Archives of Ontario and see our Reading Room, Preservation Lab, and archival vaults.