|
News Feeds |
|
Library of Congress: News for Teachers
|
Subscribe to be notified of the latest subject headings lists from the Library of Congress.
|
-
Summer 2010 issue of the TPS Quarterly Now Available
The Summer 2010 issue of Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Quarterly focuses on the theme of supporting English language learners with primary sources. Previous issues on themes including supporting inquiry learning, promoting critical thinking, and teaching historical thinking using primary sources are also available in both html and pdf versions through the TPS Quarterly archive.
-
One Day Teacher institutes in September, October and November
We hope you will come to one of our fall one day teacher institutes.
The Creating the United States Teacher Institutes will be offered on September 10, 11 and 13. The Institute will provide strategies on teaching the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights using Library of Congress primary sources. Participants will leave with strategies and materials they can use in their schools. The institute uses the Library's exhibition, ?Creating the United States? as its foundation.
In addition there will be an open house on Thursday, September 9, 2010, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. which will highlight teaching resources on the constitution, opportunities for field trips to the Library and tours of the Library's Young Readers Center.
The Exploring the Early Americas Teacher Institutes will be offered October 30th and November 1st. This institute will help teachers learn strategies to teach about European Explorers in the Americas, the indigenous cultures of Mesoamerica (Maya, Inca, and Aztec) and the cartographic knowledge of the world in the sixteenth century. The institute uses the Library's exhibition, ?Exploring the Early Americas? as its foundation.
For more information about these institutes contact the Library?s Interpretive Programs Office using the links provided below.
Exploring the Early Americas
http://myloc.gov/Exhibitions/EarlyAmericas/pages/teacher_institute_form.aspx
Creating the United States and OPEN HOUSE SEPTEMBER 9TH http://myloc.gov/Exhibitions/creatingtheus/pages/teacher_institute_form.aspx
-
Listen to the Exquisite Corpse Adventure
Have you been following the Exquisite Corpse Adventure on the Library?s read.gov website? Now you can listen to the story as well. The Library has created podcasts for each chapter. Click on the links that say ?Hear It? for each chapter.
Want to encourage your students to create their own Exquisite Corpse adventure? Go to http://www.readingrockets.org/books/fun/exquisiteprompt and find links to writing activities you can use with your students. In addition, students can enter a contest and have their writing published online and have a visit either online or in person with one of the authors or illustrators of the Exquisite Corpse Adventure.
-
Primary Sources in Inquiry Learning
Have you ever wondered what inquiry learning looks like? A new professional development interactive has just been released from the Library of Congress called Supporting Inquiry with Primary Sources. In the hour-long program, teachers and students demonstrate how primary sources can be used to support inquiry learning. Topics covered include:
? Inquiry Overview
? Primary Sources and Inquiry
? Inquiry in Action
-
Now Available: Guide for Teachers from the Manuscript Division
Looking for ideas on how to incorporate manuscript materials into classroom activities? There is a new page for teachers on the Manuscript Division website. The page includes links to resources on the Teachers Page, suggestions on where to look for manuscript collections on the Library's website, and a highlighted document from the Library's manuscript collections. Currently featured are George Washington's School Copy Books.
|
|
News Feeds