Finding Resources: TPS Journal

Dig deep into a variety of teaching with primary sources topics. The TPS Journal, formerly titled the TPS Quarterly, is an online, peer-reviewed publication focused on pedagogical approaches to teaching with Library of Congress digitized primary sources in K-12 classrooms. Each issue provides sections related to the issue’s thematic focus: a feature article, an elementary primary source activity, a secondary primary source activity, a teacher spotlight highlighting primary source learning in the classroom, and links to additional online resources—articles, research reports, Web sites, and white papers. Add the TPS Journal/Quarterly archive to your summer reading list to help inspire teacher instruction and student engagement in the coming school year. Below we have provided links to the full archive to date.

Accessibility

• TPS Quarterly — Accessibility: Vol. 2, No. 4, Fall 2009
• Elementary Activity — Listen and Wonder
• Secondary Activity — Picturing American Industrialization

The Civil War Across Disciplines

• TPS Journal — The Civil War Across Disciplines: Vol. 1, No. 1, Winter 2012
• Elementary Activity — Civil War Map Activity: Battle of Nashville
• Secondary Activity — A House Divided: The Civil War Homefront

Common Core State Standards

• The TPS Journal — Primary Sources and the Common Core State Standards, Vol. 1, No. 2, Fall 2012
  
• Elementary Activity — Determining Point of View: Paul Revere and the Boston Massacre
• Secondary Activity — Teaching Speaking & Listening Skills with Primary Sources

Critical Thinking

• TPS Quarterly — Critical Thinking: Vol. 1, No. 2, Fall 2008
• Elementary Activity — American Symbols
• Secondary Activity — Political Cartoons

Differentiated Instruction

• TPS Quarterly — Differentiated Instruction: Vol. 2, No. 1, Winter 2009
• Elementary Activity — The Declaration of Independence
• Secondary Activity — Slavery in the Antebellum South

Elementary Learners

• TPS Quarterly — Elementary Learners: Vol. 3, No. 4, Fall 2010
• Elementary Activity — Classrooms Then and Now
• Secondary Activity — Every Picture Tells a Story

English Language Learners

• TPS Quarterly — English Language Learners: Vol. 3, No. 3, Summer 2010
• Elementary Activity — Transportation Now and in the Past
• Secondary Activity — Limits to Freedom of Speech and the Press?

Fine & Performing Arts

• TPS Journal —Teaching with Fine and Performing Arts: Vol. 7, No. 1, Fall 2014
• Elementary Activity — Photo Analysis – Presenting the Statue of Liberty
• Secondary Activity — Leadership and Alliances in the American Revolution

Historical Thinking

• TPS Quarterly — Historical Thinking: Vol. 3, No. 1, Winter 2010
• Elementary Activity — Historical Scene Investigation
• Secondary Activity — Why did Congress Reject the League of Nations?

Assessing Historical Thinking

• TPS Journal — Assessing Historical Thinking Skills Using Library of Congress Primary Sources, Vol. 1, No. 3, Spring 2013
• Elementary Activity — Sourcing a Document: The First Thanksgiving
• Secondary Activity — Historical Narrative: The Civil Rights Movement

Inquiry Learning

• TPS Quarterly — Inquiry Learning: Vol. 2, No. 3, Summer 2009
• Elementary Activity — Voices from the Dustbowl
• Secondary Activity — Was Abraham Lincoln an Abolitionist?

Literacy Integration

• TPS Quarterly — Literacy Integration: Vol. 1, No. 1, Summer 2008
• Elementary Activity — Taking a Closer Look at Slavery
• Secondary Activity — Jackie Robinson: “This I Believe”

Primary Source Formats

• TPS Quarterly — Primary Source Formats: Vol. 4, No. 2, Fall 2011
• Elementary Activity — Communicating Through Music
• Secondary Activity — From the “Unsinkable” to the Unthinkable: Analyzing Historic News Coverage of the Titanic

Project-Based Learning

• TPS Quarterly — Project-Based Learning: Vol. 3, No. 2, Spring 2010
• Elementary Activity — Investigating Our Community’s
• Secondary Activity — Understanding Immigration Through Popular Culture

Science

• TPS Quarterly — Science: Vol. 4, No. 1, Winter 2011
• Elementary Activity — Exploring the Scientific Method
• Secondary Activity — Scientific Inquiry

Technology Integration

• TPS Quarterly — Technology Integration: Vol. 2, No. 2, Spring 2009
• Elementary Activity — Thomas Jefferson’s Library Activity
• Secondary Activity — Maps and MapMakers Activity