Literature and primary sources : the perfect pairing for student learning / Tom Bober and Rebecca Newland.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Inquiry through primary source analysis -- Picture books and primary sources -- Graphic novels and primary sources -- Historical fiction and primary sources -- Classic literature and primary sources -- Narrative nonfiction and primary sources -- Poetry and primary sources -- Contemporary young adult literature and primary sources.

"Offers foolproof techniques and strategies to integrate primary sources and literature with learners from kindergarten through high school to enrich students' reading experiences and deepen learning"-- Provided by publisher.

"Enrich student engagement and deepen learning with this guide to foolproof techniques and strategies to integrate primary sources and literature to benefit learners from kindergarten through high school. Readers of all ages experience literature in a different light when historical context is provided via primary sources. Literature, meanwhile, helps learners to uncover additional layers of meaning inherent in primary sources. Guided by best practices developed by the authors over years of working with both students and teachers, this book speaks to the countless opportunities for instructors to integrate related primary sources with the literature that students read in school classrooms-from historical fiction and poetry to graphic novels"-- Back cover.