Social Sciences Literacy Practices

I love this list of literacy practices. For analyzing evidence and historical perspectives, something else I have done in the past comes to mind. It may come under Using primary Sources, but interviewing elderly people who actually lived during key historical events is an activity that could be added after Acting and role-playing. Hearing personal accounts of what it was like to live through the depression, what life was like at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, during World War II, and in the aftermath are still accessible interviews for students today.

Knowing the voice and perspective is an interesting sub-heading. There are still people in their 90s living today from both the U.S. and Japanese sides of the World War II prospective, and they have passed their "stories" along to their children who can still share those varying perspectives with students wishing to hear some of those personal experiences that make history come alive for those learning about it.