Student Instructions

Over the last two weeks, you have been practicing the following historical thinking skills:

• Reading timelines and maps
• Analyzing primary sources
• Understanding historical context
• Examining multiple perspectives
• Supporting claims with evidence

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Now that you know these skills, you can think like a historian about any historical event! Over the next two days, we will see if these skills can help you solve another historical mystery…

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The disappearance of Amelia Earhart.

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1. Watch this video. Stop at 3:14. Then, summarize the video to a partner.�
2. Read the Disappearance of Amelia Earhart article (Slides 2-4). �
3. Using information from the article, complete the Disappearance of Amelia Earhart worksheet (Slides 5-6). �
4. Choose one of the primary source photographs - #1 (Slide 7), #2 (Slide 8), or #3 (Slide 9). �
5. Analyze your selected photograph using the Primary Source Analysis worksheet (Slide 10-11).�
6. Form a group where each person analyzed a different photograph. (Your group should have one student who analyzed photograph 1, one student who analyzed photograph 2, and one student who analyzed photograph 3). Share your primary source analysis with your group.

Tip: Type in the yellow boxes