Reflection, Inquiry, Self-awareness, and Empathy: Strategies to Integrate Racial Equity in Teaching Educators have been launched into uncertainty and unpredictable changes in teaching and learning. Navigating the emerging world of school calls for new levels of support for teachers. Citizen U, a program of the Barat Education Foundation, and DePaul University’s Office of Innovative Professional Learning with support from the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program, are … [Read more...]
TPS Spotlight: Library of Congress Summer 2020 Teacher Webinars
May 26, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Don't worry if you missed them, title links lead to webinar recordings May 27: Foundations: Analyzing Primary Sources from the Library of Congress | session materials June 3: Reflecting on Using Primary Sources to Meet the Needs of Diverse Learners | session materials June 10: Foundations: Finding Resources on LOC.gov | session materials June 17: Pairing Primary Sources and Picture Books | session materials June 24: Foundations: Analyzing Complex Images | session materials … [Read more...]
Teaching Now: Thinking Deeper with Primary Sources
May 22, 2014 by Leave a Comment
This is a guest post from Ruth Ferris, an elementary school librarian from Billings, Montana, and a grantee in the TPS Regional Grant Program. I originally learned about the TPS-Barat Primary Source Thinking Triangle through Martha Kohl of the Montana Historical Society. I loved it! I work with K-6 students and many of them struggle academically so I am always looking for new ways to scaffold their learning. My students used the thinking triangle to think deeper about a primary source and to … [Read more...]
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