Identify whether each item is a primary source. A letter from a president to his daughter
O primary
O not primary

News footage of a terrible fire
O primary
O not primary

A book written in the 1980s about the American Revolution
O primary
O not primary

An oral history collected in 2005 about life in the 1940s
O primary
O not primary

How do headings organize your information?

Write an email to your favourite author/poet inviting him/her to attend a literature festival organised in your school

Read this excerpt from we’ve got a job: the 1963 children’s march. then, in 1958, when he was nine, his mother got a job as a dental assistant – and a raise. at about the same time, wash got a job, too. six days a week for eight years, he woke up by four o'clock in the morning to deliver milk. by the time he got to school each day, he'd already put in almost half a day's work. how does this excerpt readers make a personal connection to the story? by connecting readers to his mother’s medical training by connecting readers to the milk-delivery business by connecting readers to wash’s academic success by connecting readers to wash’s daily work routine