Transcript Common Core Resources from the Library of Congress

Common Core Resources from
the Library of Congress
for K-5 Educators
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
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
CCSS “Skill Cards”
Close Reading Activity
K-3
4-5
• What do you see?
• What do you know?
• What do you wonder?
• Summarize the text in your own words.
• Who would have written this and why?
• How does the secondary source add to
your understanding?
How would you use this with your students?
Book Backdrops Activity
• Read book: Henry’s Freedom Box: A True
Story from the Underground Railroad by
Ellen Levine, illustrated by Kadir Nelson.
• Examine primary sources.
• How might these sources prompt your
students to think more deeply about the
book?
Common Core Resources
• TPS Journal: “Primary Sources and the
Common Core State Standards”
– http://www.loc.gov/teachers/tps/journal/common_core/
• Teaching with the Library of Congress Blog
– http://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/
• Teachers guides and analysis tools
– http://www.loc.gov/teachers/usingprimarysources/guides.ht
ml
• Professional development online modules
– http://www.loc.gov/teachers/professionaldevelopment/selfdirected/
K-5 Resources
• America’s Story from America’s Library
• Read.gov
– Classic illustrated children’s books
• Everyday Mysteries (Fun Science Facts)
• Primary Sources in the K-2 Classroom (TPSMTSU newsletter, August 2012)
Links to sources used in activities
Maps
• New enlarged scale railroad and county map of
Tennessee showing every railroad station and post
office in the state, 1888.
• Tennessee Centennial Exposition, Nashville,
Tennessee, 1897.
Links to sources used in activities
“Star Spangled Banner”
• Francis Scott Key (1779- 1843) “The Star-Spangled
Banner.” Baltimore: Thomas Carr, 1814
• A view of the bombardment of Fort McHenry, near
Baltimore, by the British fleet…
• “Second War of American Independence” from
America’s Story
Links to sources used in activities
The Jungle
• The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (chapter 9)
• TPS-MTSU newsletter lesson idea incorporating The
Jungle, “The Story of Crisco”
• “Cities During the Progressive Era,” from American
Memory Timeline
Links to sources used in activities
Henry “Box” Brown
• Henry “Box” Brown newspaper article from The
Times Dispatch, Sep. 29, 1911
• $200 reward. Ranaway from the subscriber on the
night of Thursday, the 30th of September. Five
negro slaves ... Wm. Russell. St. Louis, Oct. 1, 1847.
• The fugitive’s song [sheet music cover]
• The resurrection of Henry Box Brown at
Philadelphia, who escaped from Richmond Va. in a
bx 3 feet long 2 1/2 ft. deep and 2 ft wide
CONTACT ME!
Stacey Graham
Project Coordinator, Teaching with
Primary Sources at MTSU
Center for Historic Preservation
MTSU Box 80
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
(615) 494-8783
[email protected]