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Interacting with history : teaching with primary sources / edited by Katharine Lehman.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : ALA Editions, An imprint of the American Library Association, 2014Description: xi, 121 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780838912058
  • 0838912052
Subject(s):
Contents:
Welcome to the Library of Congress / Sharon Metzger-Galloway -- Teaching resources from the Library of Congress / Sara Suiter -- Professional development and support for classroom teachers available through the Library of Congress / Katharine Lehman -- Action lessons : interacting with history / compiled by Katharine Lehman from Participants of the 2011 Library of Congress Summer Institute -- Discovering local history resources in your own backyard / Mary Alice Anderson.
Summary: Primary sources have the authenticity and power to bring history to life, allowing students to connect with the voices and images of real people from the past. Helping students analyze and interpret primary sources in context leads to development of historical empathy. The challenge to teach students to apply critical thinking and inquiry skills is also a golden opportunity for librarians to teach the skills of their library information skills curricula.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's 973.071 I61 Available 33111008815074
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

With nearly 142 million items and one of the largest bodies of high-quality, digitized content available, the Library of Congress (LOC) is an enormously useful resource for librarians and teachers. Yet it remains a mystery to many. Exploring the wealth of materials freely available for free from LOC, Lehman and a stellar roundup of contributors offer an up-to-date survey of teacher resources to help teachers and librarian educators shake the dust off state-mandated history and literature curricula. Beginning with an introduction by Barbara Stripling, 2013-14 ALA President, this book

Presents a tour of LOC, with an overview of its primary sources, including digital resources such as maps, diaries, and songbooks Details LOC Teacher Page resources, which provide easy access to the most relevant primary sources from the collections Offers a selection of lessons from teacher-librarians across the county, with guidance on how librarians and teachers and can use the library's resources in their local communities Features numerous sidebars, tables, and illustrations, showing how LOC's resources can illuminate the past while also providing a backdrop for discussing contemporary issues

This book persuasively demonstrates how the online resources of the Library of Congress can be used not only to enhance a sense of history but also to teach information literacy, online searching, and critical thinking skills to elementary, middle, and high school students.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Welcome to the Library of Congress / Sharon Metzger-Galloway -- Teaching resources from the Library of Congress / Sara Suiter -- Professional development and support for classroom teachers available through the Library of Congress / Katharine Lehman -- Action lessons : interacting with history / compiled by Katharine Lehman from Participants of the 2011 Library of Congress Summer Institute -- Discovering local history resources in your own backyard / Mary Alice Anderson.

Primary sources have the authenticity and power to bring history to life, allowing students to connect with the voices and images of real people from the past. Helping students analyze and interpret primary sources in context leads to development of historical empathy. The challenge to teach students to apply critical thinking and inquiry skills is also a golden opportunity for librarians to teach the skills of their library information skills curricula.

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