Last Day of LoC STI

Today was the final day of the LoC STI. It has been a fantastic week. I'm truly sad to part company with the other participants and facilitators. As a culminating activity, we presented the primary sources activity plan that we had created in a sort of speed learning format. It was incredible to hear just …

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Images from Day 4

A quick post composed mostly of pictures tonight because I still need to write up my activity plan to share at our gallery walk tomorrow.

Wandering and Wondering

Two highlights of LoC STI today- The first was getting to visit the Geography and Maps Reading Room at the LoC. Mike, one of the room's librarians, had pulled several really interesting maps for us to look at. I was excited to get to see an original print of the map of US at the …

Making Choices About Primary Sources

One of the afternoon sessions at the LoC STI today focused on the question focused on how to chose which primary sources you use in a lesson. This led to some interesting conversations about considerations related to required background knowledge for interpretation, reading levels, and the desired role of the primary source in the lesson. …

LoC STI Day 1

Day 1 of the Library of Congress Summer Teacher Institute has wrapped up. A few quick reflections... I've got a few pages left in John Dewey's Experience and Education. In it, he says, "teachers need to plan intelligently, considering the capacities, needs, and past experiences" of their students. Design of learning is so important in both …

Primary Sources

I received an email last night notifying me that I'd been accepted to the Library of Congress's Summer Teacher Institute. The STI focuses on helping teachers develop lessons based on the primary sources available in the LoC's collection. I am super-excited about the opportunity, both for the work we'll do at the STI and the …