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Library Of Congress Teacher Institutes

Library Of Congress Professional Development

June 1, 8, 15, and 22, 2010 TPS:BASICS (Teaching with Primary Sources: A Beginning Asynchronous/Synchronous Individualized Course of Study)

May 18 & 19, 2010 Eastern Region Conference at the Library of Congress (click for post conference information)

March 2, 9, 16 & 23, 2010 New Deal Echoes in the 21st Century
Online Workshop

September 29 October 6, 13 & 20 , 2009 TPS:BASICS (Teaching with Primary Sources: A Beginning Asynchronous/Synchronous Individualized Course of Study)

June 10 & 11, 2009 Eastern Region Conference at The George Washington University Cafritz Conference Center, Washington DC (click for post conference information)

April 1, 8, 15 & 22 , 2009 TPS:BASICS (Teaching with Primary Sources: A Beginning Asynchronous/Synchronous Individualized Course of Study)

January 22, 29 February 5 & 12, 2009 TPS:BASICS (Teaching with Primary Sources: A Beginning Asynchronous/Synchronous Individualized Course of Study)

September 23, 30 & October 7, 2008 TPS:BASICS (Teaching with Primary Sources: A Beginning Asynchronous/Synchronous Individualized Course of Study)

May 21-22, 2008 Eastern Region Conference at Waynesburg University for potential grant awardees. (click for post conference information)

Discovering Primary Sources Online: (Link to Sesion I - Introduction)
Participants work independently and receive feedback from peers and the instructor via internet class email, online chat sessions and discussion board postings. Participants will become familiar with the breadth and organization of the digital primary source archives at the Library of Congress, understand their value in instruction and create an inquiry-based learning experience. (Click here to view sample projects developed by participants for classroom use)

Developing Best Practices: Participants will learn techniques appropriate for incorporating primay source activities into classroom curriculum through the development and evaluation of subject-specific lessons. This course enables gradustes of Level I TPS courses to examine various pedagogies effective for incorporating primary source documents into the classroom and evaluate, create and teach subject-specific, standards-based learning experience that integrate primay sources from the Library of Congress' online collections. Participant observations and research will add to the ongoing disucssion regarding best practices for teaching with primary sources.

Click here to visit the Waynesburg University Local TPS Workshops page.

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