Teaching Delaware History With Primary Sources PDF Download

The Delaware Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history in Delaware. The Delaware Primary Sources will help your students build common core skills including: Analysis Critical Thinking Point of View Compare and Contrast Order of Events And Much More! Perfect for gallery walks and literature circles! Great research and reference materials! The 20 Delaware Primary Sources are: 1. Photograph of model of Fort Christina first Swedish settlement in North America fort built in 1638 2. Replica of nautical chart showing Zwaanendael and Godyn's Bay in New Netherland Godyn's Bay later became known as Delaware Bay 1639 3. Illustration of automated flour milling machine invented by Oliver Evans important stimulus to Delaware's economy after the Revolutionary War 1795 4. Portrait of E. I. du Pont chemist and founder of gunpowder manufacturer E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company circa 1800 5. Illustration of Peter Spencer, founder of the A.U.M.P. church in Wilmington the first independent black Christian church in the U.S. circa 1813 6. Text from Wilmington's "Thomas Garrett Day" proclamation 1993 7. Photograph of slave quarters Sussex County, Delaware circa 1850 8. Map of the original thirteen colonies created for the United States centennial in 1876 9. Illustration entitled "Picking Peaches in Delaware" - state was major producer of peaches in 1800s 1878 10. Illustration of Richardson and Robbins Cannery in Dover pioneer in American canning industry circa late 1800s 11. 1898 map showing "The Wedge" as part of Pennsylvania the land now belongs