The LIBRARY of CONGRESS

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The LIBRARY of CONGRESS
Inspiring the World with Knowledge
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National Digital Library Timeline
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www.loc.gov
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American Memory
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• Over 132 collections of digital primary sources
• Over 13 million items
• Free access through the Internet

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American Memory
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• Raw materials of history
• More holistic view of American culture
• Variety of unique formats and items
• Maps, Images, Recorded Sound, Film, Documents,
  Sheet Music

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Americas Library
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Teachers Online Teaching Materials
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• Created by teachers for teachers
• Teaching materials and analysis tools
• Divided into historical eras defined by the
  National Council for Social Studies

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Teachers Professional Development
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• Free videoconferencing through 10 unique program
  offerings
• Onsite intensive workshops
• Single and multi-day programs
• Conference presentations and exhibits
• Special programs in communities across the nation

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TPS Mission

• The Teaching with Primary Sources Program builds
  a consortium that fosters collaborations between
  the Library of Congress and the educational
  community to increase instructional use of the
  Librarys digital primary sources. The
  Teaching with Primary Sources Program contributes
  to the quality of education by deepening content
  understanding and improving student literacy in
  our nations schools.

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TPS Goals

• 1. Provide online and in-person primary
  source-based professional development programs
  nationwide.
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• Increase the ability of educators to design
  student-centered primary source-based learning
  experiences that use effective instructional
  practices.
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• Implement standards-based learning experiences
  that improve student ability to critically
  examine primary sources.
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• Build patronage of the Librarys digital
  resources that expands the community of educators
  dedicated to the improvement of education through
  the use of primary sources.

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Working Definitions

• PRIMARY SOURCES
• Primary sources are the raw materials of history
  original documents and objects which were
  created at the time under study.
• SECONDARY SOURCES
• Secondary sources are accounts or
  interpretations of events created by someone
  without firsthand experience.
• AUTHENTIC USE OF PRIMARY SOURCES
• Using a primary source within an historic
  context as a basis for inquiry and discovery.

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Inquiry-based Learning
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Promoting critical thinkingTechnology
integrationLiteracy integrationDifferentiated
instruction
Instructional Practices
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TPS Program Levels
Output Learning activities created by teachers
for their own use
Output Lesson plans, curricula, teaching
materials and research findings for dissemination
Output Mentoring, conferences, lesson
databases, publications, etc.
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Level One Goal Participants are familiar with
the breadth and organization of the Library of
Congress digital primary sources, understand
their value in instruction and create basic
inquiry-based learning experiences.

• Participants
• Know what primary sources are and understand
  their value in teaching
• Locate and navigate the Library of Congress Web
  site
• Access, save and present primary sources from the
  Library of Congress Web site
• Gain a foundational understanding of best
  instructional practices for teaching with primary
  sources
• Create instructionally sound learning experiences
  that integrate primary sources from the Library
  of Congress

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Level Two Goal Evaluate, create and teach
subject-specific, standards-based learning
experiences that integrate primary sources from
the Library of Congress and exemplify
instructional best practices.

• Participants
• Gain a thorough understanding of instructional
  best practices using primary sources and can
  identify exemplary learning experiences
• Identify exemplary learning experiences
• Create standards-based learning experiences
  integrating primary sources from the Library of
  Congress that exemplify effective practice
• Teach, assess and reflect on their experiences
  using primary sources in instruction
• Evaluate primary source-based learning
  experiences
• Investigate the effects of primary source-based
  instruction on student learning

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Level Three Goal Develop a network of
experienced educators who advocate the use of
primary sources and widely disseminate the ideas,
methods and products of the Teaching with Primary
Sources program.

• Participants
• Mentor colleagues on the effective instructional
  uses of primary sources
• Evaluate learning experiences for widespread
  dissemination and use
• Interact and collaborate with fellow Library of
  Congress Ambassadors
• Conduct research into the effective use of
  primary sources in education
• Contribute to local, state and national use of
  effective practices for using primary sources in
  instruction by publishing in print or in online
  journals, speaking at gatherings of educators
  and/or leading professional development
  activities.

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TPS Partners

• Educational Consortium 20 partners in eight
  states
• Colorado - Metropolitan State College of Denver,
  University of Northern Colorado
• Illinois - Barat Education Foundation,, De Paul,
  Eastern Illinois U, Federation of Independent
  Illinois Colleges and Universities Governors
  State U, Illinois State U., Loyola, Rockford
  College, Southern Illinois U. Carbondale and
  Edwardsville, Quincy
• Indiana The Center on Congress at Indiana
  University
• North Carolina Mars Hill College
• Louisiana Southeastern Louisiana U.
• Pennsylvania California U. of PA and Waynesburg
  U.
• Tennessee Middle Tennessee State U.
• Virginia Primary Source Learning (Alexandria,
  Arlington, Fairfax and Falls Church school
  districts)

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Partnerships and collaborations extend well
beyond educational consortium members to develop
program offerings

• For example, Illinois partners have worked with
• Local school districts
• State regional offices of education
• Library systems, like the Chicago Historical
  Museum
• The Illinois State Board of Education
• The Illinois Association of Teacher Education
• The Illinois Council for Social Studies
• The Dirksen Congressional Center
• The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
• The Illinois Council for Continuing Higher
  Education

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Diverse Program Offerings

• Workshops
• Graduate Courses
• Institutes
• Online Courses
• Seminars
• Teleconferences

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TPS To Date
Top 3 reasons for taking the workshops
Interested in new materials for my classroom
or library
Looking for ways to engage all my students
in learning  Interested in best practices for
teaching with primary sources
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TPS To Date
Top 3 ways teachers feel better prepared after
participating in TPS
Navigating the Library of Congress website and
locate materials 91 Explaining what
primary sources are and why they are important
81 Using primary sources to better engage
all students 80
Other ways teachers feel better prepared (though
not as strongly)
Teaching students how to analyze different kinds
of sources 72 Using primary
sources to improve student literacy and thinking.
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TPS Regional Partners

• Regional Partners
• Waynesburg University Eastern Region
• Illinois State University Midwest Region
• Metropolitan State College of Denver
  Mountains/Plans Region
• The University of Northern Colorado Wyoming
  and the Four Corners Area (Arizona, Colorado, New
  Mexico and Utah)