Primary Source Set Ohio: Selected Library of Congress Primary Sources
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Bird's eye view of Massillon, Stark County, Ohio 1870 -
Oxford Female College, Fisher Hall, Miami University Campus -
![With Cleveland, we will win the day / Joseph P. Skelly [notated music]](/static/classroom-materials/usa-ohio/images/music.jpg)
With Cleveland, we will win the day / Joseph P. Skelly [notated music] -
View of Cincinnati, Ohio. 1866 -
President McKinley inauguration, 1901 -
Literary Map of Ohio, 1983 -
Two Sailors: Sea Shanties and Canal Boat Ballads -
Plan of the Ancient Works at Marietta, Ohio, 1837 -
Cleveland Naps, 1913 -
Carnegie Library, Columbus, Ohio, c1905 -
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton vicinity, Greene County, OH -
Suffrage and reorganization. The subject examined by a voter of Ohio.
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Teacher’s Guide
To help your students analyze these primary sources, get a graphic organizer and guides: Analysis Tool and Guides
Ohio was admitted into the Union as the 17th state in 1803. The primary sources in this set document key moments in the state’s story, and provide opportunities for students to explore that rich history further.
Use the question sets and analysis tool to deepen student engagement and thinking about these compelling, imperfect objects. Select questions such as:
- What do you see?
- Why do you think this item was made?
- What do you wonder about this item?
Or extend student learning by asking them to write a caption for the item, imagine what happened an hour before or after what the item portrays, or expand a textbook or other secondary account of history to include the item.
These primary sources can raise further questions about the time, place, or events from which they emerged, and can prompt students to further investigation of the state’s history.
