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Photo of a man standing next to a bus and under a sign reading Colored Waiting Room
At the bus station in Durham, North Carolina, 1942

Information Literacy and Historical Primary Sources: Addressing Difficult Topics

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In a recent webinar for teachers, we offered strategies to address difficult topics by applying information literacy approaches to historical primary sources. Situating items in historical context, asking who was behind the information, analyzing claims and evidence, and comparing what other sources say about the topic helps learners build a richer understanding of the complexity of the past.

We opened the webinar with the 1942 image At the bus station in Durham, North Carolina