Discusses the role of the librarian in promoting the use of primary sources in the classroom, and features collaborative lessons based on primary source research that may be adapted for use with students in grades four through twelve, each with assessment tools and organization strategies.

The librarian connection -- Introducing primary sources -- My family artifact -- Primary source analysis techniques -- A school-wide patriotic speech festival -- Collecting letters, connecting learning -- Primary sources meet multimedia -- From biography to artifacts -- The art of geography -- Bringing it home : the local primary source librarian.