Primary Source Packet: Letters of the 19th Century

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Use primary sources in your classroom to analyze how letters can tell stories about the past and offer new perspectives about historical people and events.

The Letters of the 19th Century Primary Source Packet provide an avenue for integrating letters, and the stories they tell, into history curriculum.

Packet Contents

• Reproduction images of 16 letters in two forms - original and transcribed
• Letters are from children, mothers, soldiers, businessmen, politicians, sisters
• Teacher's Guide with background information and guiding questions for each letter