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Digital Paxton: Digital Collection, Critical Edition, and Teaching Platform

Transcribing the Paxton Boys

This lesson is appropriate for mid- to high-performing history students. The assignment will require one 45-minute period with homework, or one 90-minute period with additional closure on another day. This assignment pairs well with An Interview with the Paxton Boys.

Relevant Standards

CC 8.1.9.B through 8.1.9.D.
CC.8.5.9-10.B.
CC.8.5.9-10.D.
CC.8.6.9-10.C.
CC.8.6.9-10.E.

Questions

How do we analyze and evaluate sources?
How do we interact with historical memory?
How do we navigate and interpret archives and the sources they contain?

Learning Objectives

Students will decipher the literal and practical meaning of eighteenth-century printed text.
Students will analyze and evaluate bias in primary sources.
Students will successfully navigate a digital archive.

Differentiation
Allow students to phase from guided practice into independent work. Engage with struggling students until they demonstrate ability to reliably transcribe and interpret a passage.

Primary Source Materials

Penn Proclamation, June 4, 1765

Secondary Source Materials (optional)

Assignment Materials

Google Drive or other file sharing service
Projector and presentation slides for guided practice
Entry Ticket
Laptops equipped with Internet access

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An Answer to the Pamphlet Entitled "The Conduct of the Paxton Men" - Title Page