Web 2.0 Tool: Docsteach.

org
Delaney Graf
9/25/2022
What is Web 2.0?

● Web 2.0 are online tools and resources that help teacher and students
engage in new material specifically in the learning environments
● Some examples:
○ Prezi
○ Digital Vaults
○ Google Docs
○ Flipgrid
Docsteach.org

● This specific Web 2.0 tool that

is an interactive archival
database with the National
Archives that shows how to
teach historical moments in the
United States with primary
sources
● https://www.docsteach.org
How does it work?

● On this specific website, you must register and create account in order to
access more information, specific the lessons and other primary source
documents
● The tool has a combination of both created activities/lessons and certain
primary sources in regards to certain history concepts
● On the tool, you can navigate through the different material based on topic
or the primary sources archives
Video on the Tool

● How to Find and Create Primary Source Lessons With DocsTeach org
Educational USES For Docsteach.org

● This specific tool is currently used in education

● It allows a platform for students to investigate primary sources as it
relates to history
● Teachers can register and then modify the specific materials
Some possible practices

● Identify possible primary sources to use in the classroom

● Engaging in the given lessons and material created by their fellow educators
● One specific example: Lesson on Analyzing the concept of check and balance
in action
● Second specific example: Lesson on having the students analyze deeply the
10 amendments of the Constitution
Advantages

● Houses all the primary source type of material from the National Archives
in one spot
● Some already created lesson plans and activities to engage in
● Good variety of primary sources
○ Letters
○ Cartoons
○ Primary source documents
○ Pictures
Disadvantages

● More on the teacher to find the certain material they want to use for
specific lesson
● Not going to fully online but rather material and lesson plans online that
can be applied towards another Web 2.0 tool
Referecnes

● https://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=lobKxB7Ft18
● https://www.docsteach.org
● https://www.schrockguide.net/
online-tools.html