Gail Petri wrote a great post about using primary sources with students. Also in her article is a chart with suggestions for each grade level. http://www.loc.gov/teachers/tps/quarterly/elementary/article.html
Her posts appear in the Library of Congress TPS Journal. The Library of Congress is offering a free resource called a Student Discovery Set. These sets combine historical artifacts and documents on a wide range of topics. There are 6 sets available and are a free download to iBooks. Interactive tools allow students to zoom, draw/highlight and conduct open-ended primary source analysis. Teaching resources are also available for each set. Topics covered are: The ConstitutionThe drafts and debates that brought the Constitution and the Bill of Rights into being, including notes by the documents’ framers. The Dust BowlSongs, maps, and iconic photographs document the daily ordeals of rural migrant families during a disastrous decade. The Harlem RenaissanceDiscover some of the innovative thinkers and creative works that contributed to the cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance. ImmigrationThe immigrant experience in America from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in primary sources. Symbols of the United StatesWatch six well-known symbols of the U.S. change over the centuries. Especially for early grades. Understanding the CosmosAstronomers’ depictions of the universe, from before Copernicus to after photography. To get these resources click on the link: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/student-discovery-sets/ TPS Teachers Network is a great platform for connecting with other people interested in using Primary Sources in the classroom. People share resources, ideas and ask questions.
What is the TPS Teachers Network? The TPS Teachers Network is a social media platform that welcomes, connects, and engages teachers in a sustained conversation and ongoing professional learning within a community of peers and Library staff to improve teaching and learning using Library of Congress primary sources. How do I join the TPS Teachers Network? Invitation/registration link: http://tpsteachersnetwork.org/register What happens when a new user joins the TPS Teachers Network? 1. The new user clicks on the invitation link. 2. The new user fills in blanks with his or her name, user name, email address, password, and verify password (repeat of the password). 3. The user completes his or her profile in the TPS Teachers Network. 4. Once the user has completed a profile, a verification email is automatically generated and goes to the new user's email inbox. 5. The new user opens the email from the TPS Teachers Network and either clicks on or copies the verification link into their browser, which will verify the account and allow the user to log in to the Network. 6.Once verification is complete, the user will be asked to log in with the selected username and password. 7. Sign-up is complete. 8. The URL for the TPS Teachers Network from now on will be http://tpsteachersnetwork.org. 9. All new users who register in the TPS Teachers Network are automatically made members of the TPS Commons. They can also immediately begin joining any and all public groups. Welcome to our new Teaching With Primary Sources website. We will be creating a website that will be a host to ideas, resources, and lessons for teachers that want to bring Primary Sources into their classroom.
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June 2015
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