smsd social studies make and take series utilizing primary source collections and creating your own...
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SMSD Social Studies Make and Take Series
Utilizing Primary Source Collections and Creating Your Own
Deb BrownSMSD 2011
Objectives
• Overview of Deb’s Fave Four +1
• Assist you in searching and finding sources that connect to a unit or objective or to assist students into “Intro to Primary Sources”
Things to Consider
• WHAT IS IT THAT I WANT STUDENTS TO LEARN?
• HAVE I TAUGHT THEM THE TOOLS OF ANALYSIS? (PATHWAY STRATEGIES)
• WHAT FINAL PRODUCT AM I LOOKING FOR?• HAVE I PROVIDED GRADE LEVEL SOURCES
THAT REACH ALL LEARNERS?
What is it that I want students to learn?
Begin with the end in mind.
Create an inquiry question, a document based question (DBQ)
Have I started with the fundamentals?Can they unwrap a PS? Have they been exposed to SMSD Pathway Strategies?
• Types of primary sources
• Pathway strategies
Types of Primary Sources
• Documents (published and unpublished)– This would include diaries, letters, etc.
• Photographs• Paintings• Artifacts• Political cartoons• Sound recordings• Advertisements and posters• Video recording
Pathway Strategies
• POSERS (photograph and art analysis)• TACOS (political cartoons)• LUKCAS (charts and graphs)• APPARTS or SOAPS (document analysis)• MUSUEMS (artifact analysis)• TOADSKI (map analysis)
• We also use SPRITES and SPEC
What is the final outcome – what product or result am I wanting?
• Meet district objectives and KS state standards• Simple understanding of primary sources
• Promote my students critical thinking• Engage my students in learning• Form reasoned conclusions
Time Tonight
No time for extensive overview
• SMSD Pathway strategies• In-depth look at searching sites and their nuances
Yes time • to explore and “harvest” images and documents
that you might use in your classroom.
Deb’s Fave Four +1
• LIBRARY OF CONGRESS• NATIONAL ARCHIVES• KANSAS MEMORY• HISTORY MATTERS
• HISTORICAL SCENE INVESTIGATIONS
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
April announcement of Teaching with Primary Sources Grant award
25 spotsInitial application for K-8 teachers and media
specialists. 7-8 social studiesPriority to first time training or minimal training
Elementary teachersMedia specialists
If spots are available open to high school social studies.
Time commitment
• June 6, 7, and 8. Approximately 6 hours. Lunch served.
• ½ day August before first contract day• ½ sub release time early September• Create and submit a lesson for Library of
Congress• Participate in the September Primary Sources
Conference to be held SMSD
TPS Project/grantActivities Paid by grant
June Training 378.00August ½ day 83.00Sub release ½ day Covered by grantSubmit finished lesson plan 50.00Participation in primary sources conference 84.00
Approximately $ 595.00
Professional Development Points 304 participants will serve on conference planning committee 125.000
Required
Working on possible grad credit
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/• Classroom Materials
Lesson PlansCan Search by Standard
Teaching Guide Primary Sources Sets
Themed Lesson
Collection Highlights at LOC
http://www.loc.gov/index.html
• American Memory• Prints and Photographs
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
• Teaching with Documents• Docs Teach• Digital Vaults
• Primarily Teaching workshops– June 20-24
NARA trainingPrimarily Teaching
• June 20-24
– Typically pays for lessons submitted– Can receive PD points from SMSD
National Archives
Teacher Resourceshttp://www.archives.gov/education/
Teaching with Documents and Lesson by Erahttp://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/
DOCS Teach – Fun to explore and investigate. Good resource
http://docsteach.org/
Digital Vaults – Still playing with this but I think you will like it. You may
spend the whole time here.
http://www.digitalvaults.org/
Resources by state and region
http://www.archives.gov/education/regional-resources/#KSScroll down for NARA Central Plains Region
KANSAS CITY