Bring History to Life in Your Classroom

2. Bring History to Life in Your Classroom http://www.rcs.k12.va.us/wbms/library/teachres.shtml Heather Balsley and Krissy Schleicher hbalsley@rcs.k12.va.us and kschleicher@rcs.k12.va.us Institute participant - Kendel Lively klively@bcps.k12.va.us This institute is sponsored in part by the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Eastern Region Program, coordinated by Waynesburg University.

3. Come join the fun! • Summer 2013 • 9-3 daily • William Byrd Middle School – Vinton • 1 credit per hour and for additional time spent at home working on project – maximum of 40 hours • 1 credit hour each for doing on-line modules and/or training before the institute

4. Registration starts end of March • List-serve/email – in-depth details and registration link • Limited slots – maximum of 30 • Sharing of plans

5. Secondary Sources • do NOT contain firsthand knowledge • generally written after the event

6. Secondary Examples Include: • Documentaries • Magazine, newspaper, or professional journal articles   • Textbooks  • A book about the effects of WWI  • Encyclopedias  • Article critiquing a piece of art • Web site

7. Primary Sources - from the time period being studied - contain firsthand knowledge

8. Primary Examples Include: • articles of clothing • artifacts (including art objects and architecture) • coins • stamps • letters • personal papers • government documents • oral accounts • diaries • maps • photographs

9. Bias • To influence in a particular, typically unfair direction; prejudice. Bias is generally seen as 'one-sided’. • Most evidence that historians analyze is biased in one way or another. It represents a certain perspective from one person or a group.

10. “Reaching too far…”

11. Primary Sources- A window into the past • Engage Students- connect personally, 1st person accounts promote active reading and response • Develop critical thinking skills –use prior knowledge, find patterns, concrete observations/facts to questioning and making inferences, analyze bias/point of view/challenge student’s assumptions

12. Primary Sources- A window into the past • Construct Knowledge –compare and contrast, form conclusions, synthesize information, integrating new knowledge with prior knowledge, deepen understanding

13. Who are primary sources for? • Students of all ability levels • Differentiated instruction • Librarians, teachers • All grade levels

14. What does the Library of Congress have to offer teachers and librarians? • Ready made lessons • Primary Source Sets • Modules for teachers (some parts can be used with students) • Free institutes and training

15. Three Great Ways that Primary Sources Can be Used to Support the SOLs! Activate Prior Knowledge Support Literature and Content Instruction Use Independently as a Short Lesson Dr. Michael McKenna, University of Virginia

16. Activate Prior Knowledge • Statue of Liberty • Veterans History Project • Webcasts • Political Cartoon or Picture

17. Support Literature and Content Instruction • book trailer – historical fiction • 1507 Waldesmueller map • To introduce a book or time period • Political Cartoons – nonfiction reading • American Memory Timeline

18. Use Primary Sources as a Stand-Alone Lesson • Analyzing Books • Panoramic maps • QR code Lesson – math, science

19. Works Cited Abraham Lincoln and General George McClellan. 1862. Photograph. Library of Congress, Dickinson College. House Divided. 28 Mar. 2011. Web. 1 Nov. 2012. <http://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/36426>. Advertisement. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Nov. 2012. <https://encrypted- tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSPKxLeMmO- peIoUThYNMJNlGp2j2X3gTtKDYZRA8zfLcStgQPx>. "Why Use Primary Sources?" - For Teachers (Library of Congress). Library of Congress, n.d. Web. 06 Nov. 2012. <http://www.loc.gov/teachers/usingprimarysources/whyuse.html>.