Educon: History, History

Drexel University College of MedicineLegacy Center

AKA The Archives

bricks and mortar in Phillyand online

http://archives.drexelmed.edu/

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Margaret Graham @visiblehistorymgraham@drexelmed.edu

Melissa Mandellmmandell@drexelmed.edu

Matt Herbison @herbisonmherbison@drexelmed.edu

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Our big question

What do you need to better use primary sourceswith your students?

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Matilda Arabella Evansgraduated from the Woman’sMedical College of Pennsylvania1897

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Eliza Grier attended Woman’s Medical

College of Pennsylvanialate 1890s

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Evans, Grier questions

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Matilda Evans

Documents onlinehttp://bit.ly/eNTPB4

Evans’ story built using some of thesedocumentshttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_107.html

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Eliza Grier

Documents onlinehttp://bit.ly/d2FLMZ

Grier’s story built primarily on these documentshttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_132.html

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Discussion• If you could have another piece of evidence what

would it be? (What other information would you need to tell the story?)

• How would/could you use this with your students?• Difference between the documents / evidence and

the stories?• Other questions on WallWisher?

http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/historyonline

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Primary Sources Online

• Resource = the primary sources, sites where you find and access primary sources

• Tool = a means for using, interacting with or applying primary sources

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Assessing the usefulness of online resources for teaching with primary sources

• Evaluation criteria on board, handout, googledoc:

• http://bit.ly/h1T1LN

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Sites you use?

• What sites do you use for accessing primary sources online?

• Log on WallWisher?http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/historyonline

• We’ll come back to these

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Searching for “suffrage” #1• ARC Digital Copies Search form:

http://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/BasicMultimediaSearchForm

• Digital Vaults "Search > Keyword" for "suffrage"http://www.digitalvaults.org/

• DocsTeach activity (created by NARA staff)Finding a Sequence toolhttp://docsteach.org/activities/62/detail

• DocsTeach - user-created suffrage activity

Created by Chris(topher) Lohman, teacher at Middletown High School, Appoquinimink School Weighing the Evidence toolhttp://docsteach.org/activities/1808/detail Arch and 22nd Sts. 1938-1955

Searching for “Suffrage” #2

• DocsTeach Suffrage lesson plan and "play" scripthttp://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/woman-suffrage/

• History WiredOne item comes up based on "suffrage search"http://historywired.si.edu/object.cfm?ID=545

• Legacy Center Digital Collections, search for "suffrage"

http://xdl.drexelmed.edu/xsearch.php?search_by=suffrage&search_param=keyword&t=womanmd

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Where’s the stuff?

• Bricks and mortar repositories• Online access and searching for primary

sources

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Drexel University College of Medicine

Margaret Graham @visiblehistorymgraham@drexelmed.edu

Melissa Mandellmmandell@drexelmed.edu

Matt Herbison @herbisonmherbison@drexelmed.edu

http://archives.drexelmed.edu/

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