SMSD Social Studies Make and Take Series

Utilizing Primary Source Collections and Creating Your Own

Deb BrownSMSD 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• Documents (published and unpublished)– This would include diaries, letters, etc.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 spotsInitial application for K-8 teachers and media

specialists. 7-8 social studiesPriority to first time training or minimal training

Elementary teachersMedia 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

TPS Project/grantActivities Paid by grant

June Training 378.00August ½ day 83.00Sub release ½ day Covered by grantSubmit finished lesson plan 50.00Participation in primary sources conference 84.00

Approximately $ 595.00

Professional Development Points 304 participants will serve on conference planning committee 125.000

Required

Working on possible grad credit

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/• Classroom Materials

Lesson PlansCan Search by Standard

Teaching Guide Primary Sources Sets

Themed Lesson

Open extra tab

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 Resourceshttp://www.archives.gov/education/

Teaching with Documents and Lesson by Erahttp://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/#KSScroll 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