One of the essential skills for historians to investigate the past is the ability to question a primary source. Primary sources are the building blocks historians use to create history. A primary source is anything created by the historical person, made or existed during the historical period the historian is studying.

Some of the answers of the past are locked in primary sources. Historians access these answers by asking various questions to get a variety of answers to help them gain a fuller understanding of the primary source.

In this collection, you will practice becoming a historian by questioning primary sources centered on African Americans, military desegregation, and Executive Order 9981.

This Learning Lab is ideal for students participating in National History Day.