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SMSD Social Studies Make and Take Series. Utilizing Primary Source Collections and Creating Your Own Deb Brown SMSD 2011. Think of a topic you would like to find Primary Sources for tonight. Objectives. Overview of Deb’s Fave Four +1
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SMSD Social Studies Make and Take Series Utilizing Primary Source Collections and Creating Your Own Deb Brown SMSD 2011
Think of a topic you would like to find Primary Sources for tonight
Objectives • Overview of Deb’s Fave Four +1 • Assist you in searching and finding sources that connect to a unit or objective or to assist students into “Intro to Primary Sources”
Things to Consider • WHAT IS IT THAT I WANT STUDENTS TO LEARN? • HAVE I TAUGHT THEM THE TOOLS OF ANALYSIS? (PATHWAY STRATEGIES) • WHAT FINAL PRODUCT AM I LOOKING FOR? • HAVE I PROVIDED GRADE LEVEL SOURCES THAT REACH ALL LEARNERS?
What is it that I want students to learn? Begin with the end in mind. Create an inquiry question, a document based question (DBQ)
Have I started with the fundamentals?Can they unwrap a PS? Have they been exposed to SMSD Pathway Strategies? • Types of primary sources • Pathway strategies
Types of Primary Sources • Documents (published and unpublished) • This would include diaries, letters, etc. • Photographs • Paintings • Artifacts • Political cartoons • Sound recordings • Advertisements and posters • Video recording
Pathway Strategies • POSERS (photograph and art analysis) • TACOS (political cartoons) • LUKCAS (charts and graphs) • APPARTS or SOAPS (document analysis) • MUSUEMS (artifact analysis) • TOADSKI (map analysis) • We also use SPRITES and SPEC
What is the final outcome – what product or result am I wanting? • Meet district objectives and KS state standards • Simple understanding of primary sources • Promote my students critical thinking • Engage my students in learning • Form reasoned conclusions
Have I provided grade level sources that reach all learners? • Differentiation
Time Tonight No time for extensive overview • SMSD Pathway strategies • In-depth look at searching sites and their nuances Yes time • to explore and “harvest” images and documents that you might use in your classroom.
Deb’s Fave Four +1 • LIBRARY OF CONGRESS • NATIONAL ARCHIVES • KANSAS MEMORY • HISTORY MATTERS • HISTORICAL SCENE INVESTIGATIONS
Think of a topic you would like to find Primary Sources for tonight
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS April announcement of Teaching with Primary Sources Grant award 25 spots Initial application for K-8 teachers and media specialists. 7-8 social studies Priority to first time training or minimal training Elementary teachers Media specialists If spots are available open to high school social studies.
Time commitment • June 6, 7, and 8. Approximately 6 hours. Lunch served. • ½ day August before first contract day • ½ sub release time early September • Create and submit a lesson for Library of Congress • Participate in the September Primary Sources Conference to be held SMSD
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS http://www.loc.gov/teachers/ • Classroom Materials Lesson Plans Can Search by Standard Teaching Guide Primary Sources Sets Themed Lesson
Collection Highlights at LOC http://www.loc.gov/index.html • American Memory • Prints and Photographs
NATIONAL ARCHIVES • Teaching with Documents • Docs Teach • Digital Vaults • Primarily Teaching workshops • June 20-24
NARA trainingPrimarily Teaching • June 20-24 • Typically pays for lessons submitted • Can receive PD points from SMSD
National Archives Teacher Resources http://www.archives.gov/education/ Teaching with Documents and Lesson by Era http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/
DOCS Teach – Fun to explore and investigate. Good resource http://docsteach.org/
Digital Vaults – Still playing with this but I think you will like it. You may spend the whole time here. http://www.digitalvaults.org/
Resources by state and region http://www.archives.gov/education/regional-resources/#KS Scroll down for NARA Central Plains Region KANSAS CITY
HISTORY MATTERS http://historymatters.gmu.edu/
KANSAS MEMORY http://www.kansasmemory.org/
HISTORICAL SCENE INVESTIGATION http://web.wm.edu/hsi/index.html