Teach your humanities classes efficiently and effectively

Use these videos to learn about the Everything is a Primary Source philosophy, methodology and strategies, and how this approach to teaching can help you enhance your strengths as a teacher.

These professional development resources are free to use, but your donation to support the making of more materials will be graciously accepted.

Primary and Secondary Source Sort, 1990s Edition

Play along with this 1990s pop culture source-sort to test your critical thinking skills while simultaneously learning about the EPS mindset and attitude towards what constitutes a primary source.

The EPS method helps to organize your existing or new social studies course curriculums in such a way that every unit can be planned and facilitated using a minimal number of guiding documents.

Parts I & II: The Unit Guide and Intro to Homework Form: Start to 11:00

Part III: Secondary Source Evaluation (SSE) form: 11:00 to 33:45

Part IV: Primary Source Analysis (PSA) form: 33:45 to 1:04:00

Wrap-up and reflections 1:04:00 to end

Essential Forms

Assessment

Delivering lessons heavy in primary sources helps students to build an understanding of the material at hand and hone a multitude of skills. Watch this video to learn more about measuring both content knowledge and the practical capabilities developed throughout a course unit.

Part I: Homework: Start to 12:38

Part II: Quizzes: 12:38 to 21:18

Part III: Games, Activities & Informal Assessments 21:18 to 37:29

Part IV: Papers and Projects: 37: 29 to 50:00

Part V: Tests: 50:00 to 1:04: 36

Thoughts about Assessments 1:04:36 to end