Sources and How to Use Them Historical Society Education Office
has prepared a series of worksheets to introduce you and your
students to the techniques of investigating historical items:
artifacts and photographs. The worksheets introduce students to
the common practice of using artifacts and photographs to reveal
historical information. Through the use of these worksheets,
students will acquire skills that will help them better
understand the web interactive. Students will also be able to
take these skills with them to future learning, i.e. research
and museum visits. These worksheets help unveil the secrets of
artifacts and Select an artifact or photograph-can be a
contemporary item or historical-and have students complete the
corresponding How to Look at an from the National Archives and
records Administration Artifact Analysis Artifact: An object
produced or shaped by human workmanship of archaeological or
historical interest. 1. What materials were used to make this 2.
Describe how it looks and feels: A