Library of Congress: Primary Resources

Teaching with primary resources from Library of Congress.

Ideas from session:

Introductions one person is here who is a writer of novels for young readers and he wants to learn more about the Lib. of Congress as a source for research for stories he is writing.

Going over a various types of resources

Sheet music and how societal change comes about through music.

Recorded oral histories and a veterans project

Primary sources by state http://memory.loc.gov/learn//features/states/index.html

America's Library http://www.americaslibrary.gov

Primary sources from around the world http://www.wdl.org/en/

Lesson plans and activities http://www.loc.gov/teachers/

Professional Development

At library institutes basic and advanced

Partners across country

Tools and resources - http://www.loc.gov/teachers/ TPS adding staff development activities to web site

Under Teachers Professional Development there is a Analyzing Primary Sources tool that has an interactive section where you can type in what you observe, reflect, and question. When finished click Done and you will be presented with a worksheet with your content entered into each field.

They are building an interactive on copyright, watch for it.

They offer a summer institute, require institute participants to work through a PD before coming and bring their certificate of completion.

Build your own professional development modules by selecting from their list.
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/professionaldevelopment/