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GETTING

STARTED

INQUIRY STAGE & ACTIVITY

RESOURCES & PROMPTS

Opening Discussion

Remembering Yesterday;

Planning for Today

Reboot

Day 1 Review
Day 2 Alignment

Goals and objectives
Roadmap and expectations (what we expect & what you'll do)

Data Cake

A Metaphor for learning

Goal 4: Access teaching tools and primary sources from loc.gov/teachers

Goal 5: Identify key considerations for selecting primary sources for instructional use (for example, student needs and interests, teaching goals, etc.)

Goal 6: Access primary sources and teaching resources from loc.gov for instructional use

Goal 7: Analyze primary sources in different formats

Goal 8: Analyze a set of related primary sources in order to identify multiple perspectives

Goal 9: Facilitate a primary source analysis using Library of Congress tools

Goal 10: Demonstrate how primary sources can support at least one teaching strategy (for example, literacy, inquiry-based learning, historical thinking, etc.)

EARLY

MORNING

INQUIRY STAGE & ACTIVITY

RESOURCES & PROMPTS

INVESTIGATE & CONSTRUCT

Unexplored Resources

Becoming a Library of Congress Expert

Other Collection Highlights:

Prints & Photographs
Congress.gov
Chronicling America (Historic Newspapers)

Topics in Chronicling America

Highlights Continued:

Especially for...:

Linking & Downloading:

Advice from the Teaching with the Library of Congress Blog

Selecting Primary Sources, Part I: Knowing Your Students

Selecting Primary Sources, Part II: Considering Historical Context

Selecting Primary Sources, Part III: Thinking about Perspective

Selecting Primary Sources, Part IV: Considering Quality

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Goal 5: Identify key considerations for selecting primary sources for instructional use (for example, student needs and interests, teaching goals, etc.)

Goal 10: Demonstrate how primary sources can support at least one teaching strategy (for example, literacy, inquiry-based learning, historical thinking, etc.)

Goal 11: Create a primary source-based activity that helps students engage in learning, develop critical thinking skills and construct knowledge

LATE

MORNING

INQUIRY STAGE & ACTIVITY

RESOURCES & PROMPTS

CONSTRUCT

Learning Activity Development

ARS Development & Refinement

Guiding Question:

How can I shape my resources into a learning activity? Does this question make sense?

ARS & Learning Activity Development

Finalize Phase I of your ARS and begin Phase II
Begin to identify standards.
Using your ARS annotations, begin to outline a possible learning activity.
Save all work to your flash drive.

Standards Resources:

Common Core Standards (Literacy in History/Social Studies)
Engaging with the Common Core Standards (Teachinghistory.org, Daisy Martin, 2011)

REFLECT

Reflection

Group

Reflection prompts here?

12:00-12:30

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CONNECT

Literally

Social Media

TPS MSU Denver & Western Region

Goal 5: Identify key considerations for selecting primary sources for instructional use (for example, student needs and interests, teaching goals, etc.)

Goal 8: Analyze a set of related primary sources in order to identify multiple perspectives

Goal 10: Demonstrate how primary sources can support at least one teaching strategy (for example, literacy, inquiry-based learning, historical thinking, etc.)

Goal 11: Create a primary source-based activity that helps students engage in learning, develop critical thinking skills and construct knowledge