Transcript Common Core Resources from the Library of Congress

Primary Sources and the New State
Standards in World History
Teaching with Primary Sources at
Middle Tennessee State University
What is TEACHING WITH
PRIMARY SOURCES?
• Educational Outreach program of the
Library of Congress
• A tool for educators that provides
materials and strategies to use in the
classroom
What does TEACHING WITH
PRIMARY SOURCES do?
• Promotes and
facilitates the use of
the primary sources
available at the Library
of Congress Web site
What can TEACHING WITH PRIMARY
SOURCES offer you?
 EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
 Webcasts & Newsletters on particular topics
 Web site with Primary source sets, Lesson ideas and
Tools for searching and using primary sources
 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
 Workshops, presentations & institutes
 Professional development credits
 Stipends for high quality lesson plans that use Library
of Congress primary sources to promote student
inquiry
Primary Source Analysis
I see…
I know…
I wonder…
Huexotzinco Codex, 1531
Plaintiff testimony and pictographs of the products and
services provided as tribute
a. Key Ideas and Details Read
closely to determine what the text
says explicitly ∙ Cite specific textual
evidence ∙ Summarize the key
supporting details and ideas
Key Ideas and Details (con’t)
Make logical inferences∙ Support
conclusions drawn from the text ∙
Determine central ideas or themes
of a text and analyze their
development
c. Integration of Knowledge and
Ideas Analyze how and why
individuals, events and ideas
develop and interact over the
course of a text
b. Craft and Structure Interpret
words and phrases as they are used
in text ∙ Analyze how specific word
choices shape meaning or tone ∙
Analyze the structure of texts ∙
Assess how point of view or purpose
shapes the content and style of text
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas (con’t) Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats ∙ Delineate
and evaluate the argument and specific claims ∙ Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes to build
knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RESOURCES
• Lesson plans: World History & Cultures:
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/#
topic270
• The Cultures and History of the Americas exhibition:
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/kislak/kislak-exhibit.html
• Hispanic Exploration in America primary source set:
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarys
ourcesets/hispanic-exploration/
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RESOURCES
• Maps from the World Digital Library primary source
set:
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarys
ourcesets/wdl/
• Understanding the Cosmos: Changing Models of the
Solar System and the Universe primary source set:
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarys
ourcesets/understanding-the-cosmos/
7th grade
Social
Studies
standards
TPS-MTSU RESOURCES FOR WORLD HISTORY
• World History links guide:
http://library.mtsu.edu/tps/tools/World_His
tory_Links.pdf
• Early Civilizations primary source set (6):
http://library.mtsu.edu/tps/sets/Primary_So
urce_Set--Early_Civilizations.pdf
• The Middle Ages primary source set (7):
http://library.mtsu.edu/tps/sets/Primary_So
urce_Set--Middle_Ages.pdf
TPS-MTSU RESOURCES FOR WORLD HISTORY
World History lesson activities:
• Write Like a Sumerian (6):
http://library.mtsu.edu/tps/lessonplans&ideas/Lesson_Acti
vity--Cuneiform.pdf
• Touring Ancient Sites (6):
http://library.mtsu.edu/tps/lessonplans&ideas/Lesson_Acti
vity--Touring_Ancient_Sites.pdf
• Illuminated Manuscripts (6, 7):
http://library.mtsu.edu/tps/lessonplans&ideas/Lesson_Acti
vity--Illuminated_Manuscripts.pdf
TPS-MTSU RESOURCES FOR WORLD HISTORY
• Haitian Revolution lesson plan (9-12):
http://library.mtsu.edu/tps/lessonplans&ide
as/Lesson_Plan--Haitian_Revolution.pdf
• Coming soon!
– High School World History primary source set
– The History of Math lesson activity
– Early Maps of the World lesson activity
– World War I Links Guide
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS IN WEST TN
• August 19, "Building a National History Day Project
Using the Library of Congress" Workshop in
partnership with Tennessee History Day in
Dyersburg from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. To register, email
[email protected].
• August 20, "Building a National History Day Project
Using the Library of Congress" Workshop in
partnership with Tennessee History Day in Jackson
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. To register, email
[email protected].
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS IN WEST TN
• TOMORROW! National Council for Geographic
Education Conference
– 9 a.m.
– “A Bird’s Eye View”
Thanks for coming!
CONTACT ME!
Stacey Graham
Project Coordinator, Teaching with
Primary Sources - MTSU
Center for Historic Preservation
MTSU Box 80
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
(615) 494-8783
[email protected]