Use of Primary Resources

According to the Texas Education Code, Chapter 4.001 Public Education Mission and Objectives

Objective 5: Educations will prepare students to be thoughtful, active citizens who have an appreciation for the basic values of our state and national heritage and who can understand productively function in a free enterprise society.

Objective 9: Educators will keep abreast of the development of creative and innovative techniques in instruction and administrative using those techniques as appropriate to improve student learning. In accordance with these objectives, the SSC hosts a number of primary resources.
 

Beginning in the Grade 4 Social Studies TEKS, students are required to locate and use primary sources. This portion of the SSC web site is provided to give teachers and students access to various primary resources from US and Texas history. You can also find suggestions on how to analyze primary resources.

Here are the specific TEKS by grade level or course which call for students to locate and use primary sources;