Dr. Matthew Brandt has worked for the Humanities Center for the last nine years and has served as the agency's vice president since 2006. Dr. Brandt currently leads MHC's strategic planning, research, and evaluation. Under Dr. Brandt's leadership, MHC has launched a number of ground-breaking programs, including support for strong humanities programs in the elementary schools, the development of bilingual and heritage language programs, and a partnership with the National Museum of the American Indian supporting authentic instruction about indigenous cultures nationwide. Dr. Brandt holds a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Marquette University and is the author of numerous scholarly articles.

 

Eryn Dewey-Carter has worked for the Humanities Center for a year. She is currently the Educational Resources Coordinator, finding and disseminating high-quality and helpful resources to teachers in the classroom.  Eryn taught for four years at a Montessori high school in Saint Paul, the only one of its kind in Minnesota.  There she was in charge of creating the 9-12 curriculum and teaching all the social studies courses.  Eryn has a Masters Degree in curriculum and instruction for social studies grades 5-12 from the University of Minnesota.  She is also NAMTA Montessori trained at the adolescent level and is trained in International Baccalaureate history. 

 

Strand	Sub-Strand	Standards	Benchmarks	Examples
IV. Historical Skills	B. Historical Resources	The student will understand that we can learn about the past from different  sorts of evidence	1. Students will compare different kinds of historical sources and describe the different sorts of information the sources provide.	1. Archaeological and geological evidence; legends and mythology; oral traditions' documents such as diaries, letters, and newspapers; maps; songs, art,  photographs, and architecture; artifacts such as toys, clothing, furniture, tools; visual and mathematical graphics such as tables, flow charts, graphs.

Lewis and Clark Master - All Diaries (.doc) VIEW

Lewis and Clark Grid (.doc) VIEW

Analyzing First Person Historical Documents (Power Point) VIEW

A Guide for Using Primary Source Documents - OPVL (PDF) VIEW

Working with Primary Sources - Analyzing Photographs (.doc) VIEW

Glossary of Command Terms (.doc) VIEW

 

The purpose of the scavenger hunt is to get you familiar with the TYPES of First Person Historical Documents that are available for your use on the internet.  Once you feel comfortable, try searching for those different TYPES of documents in a topic/subject that you currently teach your students. 

 

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
Colonial Williamsburg Archaeology Collections (Website) VIEW                                               

Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (Website) VIEW

 

Martha Ballard's Diary (Website) VIEW