Overview
These modules provide a framework and local context to help K–12 teachers use local resources to teach New Mexico history. Each module is based on the idea that every community has a distinct character and history. The modules encourage teachers and students to uncover that character and history in their community, teaching New Mexico history in a way that is relevant to each community.

These modules are designed so that teachers can select lessons that work best for their students and promote the development of community-based education; they were developed with input from members of the task force, teachers, and content experts.

Modules
Water is Life: El Agua es la Vida
     Grades K–4
     Grades 5–8
     Grades 9–12

Resources for using primary source material
     Community-based education
     Evaluating primary sources
     Interpreting historic photographs
     Conducting oral histories

Community-based education

Center for the Education and Study of Diverse Populations (CESDP), Rural Education Initiative www.cesdp.nmhu.edu/ruraled.htm Bridging to the Arts www.bridgingtothearts.org/ The Heritage Education Network (THEN) histpres.mtsu.edu/then/ Rural School and Community Trust www.ruraledu.org/site/c.beJMIZOCIrH/b.1073935/k.EBFA/Placebased_Learning.htm Bland County History Archives www.bland.k12.va.us/bland/rocky/transportable/placebased.html Peñasco Community Project www.laplaza.org/open_studio/OSYouth/index.php3 Northern New Mexico Virtual Archives www.laplaza.org/penasco/index.html National Park Service: Links to the Past www.cr.nps.gov/

Evaluating primary sources

Library of Congress, The Learning Page memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/index.html Library of Congress, The Learning Page: What are Primary Sources? memory.loc.gov/learn/start/prim_sources.html Library of Congress, The Learning Page: Using Primary Sources in the Classroom memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/primary.html Library of Congress, The Learning Page: The Historian’s Sources memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/psources/pshome.html Library of Congress, The Learning Page: History Firsthand: Primary Source Research in Elementary School lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/97/firsthand/main.html Library of Congress, The Learning Page: Online Professional Development Workshops memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/educators/index.html Library of Congress, The Learning Page: Using Art and Artifacts to Deepen Historical Understanding memory.loc.gov/learn/educators/workshop/portraits/pover.html The Heritage Education Network (THEN) histpres.mtsu.edu/then/ Our Documents Teacher Sourcebook. Our Documents is a cooperative effort among National History Day, National Archives and Records Administration, and USA Freedom Corps www.ourdocuments.gov/content.php?page=sourcebook2

Interpreting historic photographs
	Photographs: Picture the Possibilites, Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University histpres.mtsu.edu/then/Photo/ Library of Congress, The Learning Page: Media Analysis Tools memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/media.html

Conducting oral histories

Heritage Education Network, Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University histpres.mtsu.edu/then/Family/page5.html Library of Congress, The Learning Page: Using Oral History lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/oralhist/ohteach.html Project Crossroads: The River Project The Oral History Project: Bridging the Gap Between History and History-Makers (pdf) Bland County History Archives www.bland.k12.va.us/bland/rocky/transportable/oralhistory.html New Mexico State University, Preserving Community/Cuentos del Varrio, An oral history instruction manual web.nmsu.edu/~publhist/ohindex.htm