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Bringing the Library of Congress to Y our Students

Bringing the Library of Congress to Y our Students. A Presentation of Teaching with Primary Sources Across Tennessee. What is the Library of Congress ?. Nation’s oldest federal cultural institution Research arm of Congress Houses millions of maps, photographs, recordings, books, etc.

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Bringing the Library of Congress to Y our Students

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  1. Bringing the Library of Congress to Your Students A Presentation of Teaching with Primary Sources Across Tennessee

  2. What is the Library of Congress? • Nation’s oldest federal cultural institution • Research arm of Congress • Houses millions of maps, photographs, recordings, books, etc.

  3. What is Teaching with Primary Sources? • A program of the Library of Congress • A tool for educators that provides materials and strategies to use in the classroom

  4. In Tennessee, this program is TEACHING WITH PRIMARY SOURCES ACROSS TENNESSEE (TPS-TN) and is administered by the Center for Historic Preservation at Middle Tennessee State University.

  5. There are currently 27 TPS programs across 17 states. Unlike most of them, the Tennessee program seeks to cover an entire state. We do this through networks of teachers and educational professionals, which now include YOU! To learn more about the nation-wide TPS program, go to this link: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/tps/

  6. Q: What can Teaching with Primary Sources offer you? A: For starters, • Educational resources • Webcasts & Newsletters on particular topics • Web site with Primary source sets, Lesson ideas, and Tools for searching and using primary sources

  7. What else? • Professional development opportunities • Workshops, presentations, & institutes • Professional development credits • Stipends for high quality lesson plans that use Library of Congress primary sources to promote student inquiry

  8. Q: What are primary sources? A: Primary sources are the raw materials of history — original documents and objects which were created at the time under study. They are different from secondary sources, accounts or interpretations of events created by someone without firsthand experience.

  9. Examples of primary sources • Letters • Diaries • Photographs • Newspapers • Maps • Oral interviews • Folk songs • Political cartoons • Posters • Sheet music • Buildings • Playbills • Acts of legislation • Telegrams …and more!

  10. Q: Where can you find primary sources? A: …

  11. LIBRARY OF CONGRESSwww.loc.gov • Tools and materials for educators, researchers, librarians, visitors, and families also available. • Over 15 million (and growing!) digitized primary sources available through the Library’s Web site!

  12. Teaching with Primary Sources Across Tennessee www.mtsu.edu/tps • Lesson ideas & units • Tools for educators • Newsletters • Primary source sets • Links

  13. Q: How do I incorporate primary sources in my teaching? A: For starters, see the Teachers Page on “Using Primary Sources”:

  14. How to begin: • Search for relevant sources on American Memory or under “Themed Resources” on the Teachers Page. • Pick a small number of sources that students can really delve into. • Ask questions about the primary sources to open up a discussion.

  15. Now it’s your turn to explore!!

  16. Contact information: Dr. Stacey Graham, Project Coordinator (615) 494-8783 sgraham@mtsu.edu Kira Duke, Specialist (615) 898-2605 kduke@mtsu.edu MTSU Box 80 Murfreesboro, TN 37132 (615) 898-2947 Teaching with Primary Sources across Tennessee is a partnership program of the Library of Congress and Middle Tennessee State University, and is administered by MTSU’s Center for Historic Preservation.

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