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Summer Institutes 2009
Session One
- Advanced Session: Using Library Resources to Create Lessons - July 7-10, 2009
Teachers who have attended the Library’s previous summer institutes, or who have served as American Memory Fellows, now have the opportunity to build on their skills with this advanced institute. Participants will work closely with Library specialists to improve their skills in searching the Library’s Web site, to learn more about using collections at the Library, and to develop inquiry based primary source teaching materials for use in their own classrooms. In addition to attending training sessions with Library specialists, participants will undertake intensive individual research in the Library’s collections to discover primary source documents that support their teaching goals. By the conclusion of the institute, each participant will have created the initial stages of a lesson plan or other primary source-based learning experience that they can take with them and integrate into their teaching. For previous summer institute participants or American Memory Fellows only.
Session Two
- Women's History - July 15-17, 2009
This institute will examine documents that trace the diverse and complex roles played by women throughout the history of the United States. Participants will meet with women’s history specialists at the Library and examine original historical materials from the Library’s collections. Library staff will also guide participants in finding and using materials related to women’s history on the Library of Congress Web site, as well as exploring different ways to integrate those materials into the classroom.
Session Three
- Going Global: Locating International Resources at the Library of Congress - July 29-31, 2009
Interested in incorporating primary sources into world history classroom activities? Unsure where to find resources that you can use? This session will introduce participants to the international resources that can be found at the Library. Participants will have the opportunity to visit some of the international studies reading rooms, work with the specialists from those reading rooms, and create inquiry-based activities using primary sources from the online collections.
Session Four
- Incorporating Primary Sources into the Teaching Process - August 5-7, 2009
This institute will help teachers take advantage of the instructional power of primary sources. Though many teachers are familiar with the importance of primary sources, they are not sure how to use them in the classroom, how to develop inquiry-based lessons, or how to help students use them in projects. In this workshop, Library of Congress specialists will introduce participants to the unique characteristics of primary sources, while helping explore some of the millions of digitized primary sources available on the Library’s Web site. Participants will look at ways to introduce students to primary sources and how to incorporate them in inquiry based classroom activities.