During the summer while we focus on providing Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources workshops, the Primary Source Nexus teaching resource blog will sport a slimmed down look. The main section on the homepage will feature From the Archives content that leads to all content we published in the past year. Below that you…
This year has been great! We reached more teachers and students than ever but please keep spreading the word about TPS-Barat and the Primary Source Nexus teaching resource blog. Take a look at the top five posts from 2015 from the Teaching & Learning and Primary Source Picks categories. Teaching & Learning Learning from the Source…
Typically, TPS-Barat publishes four new blog posts every week on the Primary Source Nexus Teaching Resource Blog along with numerous tweets from @PSNTPS related to teaching with primary sources from the Library of Congress. To conserve program resources and recharge for next school year, we will be reducing the number of posts by half this summer. While…
Our current online workshop is going so well, we decided to do it again in February. TPS-Barat will offer free educator training on teaching with primary sources from the Library of Congress digital collections. This online professional development training will cover finding and accessing Library resources as well as adapting and implementing primary source activities. The virtual workshop will feature independent work…
Happy New Year! In January, TPS-Barat will offer free teacher training on teaching with primary sources from the Library of Congress digital collections. This online professional development training will cover finding and accessing Library resources as well as creating and implementing primary source activities. The online workshop will feature independent work at school/home and three one-hour synchronous sessions held Tuesdays January 13,…
The Library of Congress website may be down until 9 am EST on Tuesday, November 13 but while it is, check out our great primary source learning activities in the Primary Source Nexus Teaching & Learning section or browse through our Featured Sources: guided primary source analysis activities section. During the downtime you can also…
Wow, I almost can’t believe this is actually happening! I’ve been working with the Barat Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Program* since it began in 2004. Before too long we had launched a program website and online learning system. In 2006, I suggested starting a blog that would serve as an online resource to the teachers…
In the Barat Bits & Bytes category, we will keep you abreast of news from the Barat Education Foundation, the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program and its various consortium members, and any other source that we think will bring you insight and enjoyment. If you have some news about primary source learning…