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Welcome! Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program of the Collaborative for Educational Services
A partnership of:• Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources
Program of the Collaborative for Educational Services• UMass Amherst Department of History • Massachusetts Department of Elementary &
Secondary Education • Boston Public Schools
Photo by Carol M. Highsmith: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2011635788/
Search Strategies Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program of the Collaborative for Educational Services
Library of Congress TPS at CES Workshops
Group Norms• Start on time, end on time.• Focus on task. • Step forward. Step back. • Use laptop/iPad for LoC.Gov & TPS
Network – but not for txt or email.• Stay positive and have fun!
Inquiry and Primary Sources
For the Library of Congress, it is not enough for students to look to primary sources to answer the teacher’s questions or textbook questions.
An ultimate goal of inquiry-based learning – is to teach students to look to primary sources to come up with their own questions. That is what historians do.
Strategies for Searching LoC.Gov
Hug the Coast The Library’s Teachers Page is a vital guide to classroom resources. • Mine Primary Source Sets and Lessons
by topic or by State Standard. • Browse blog posts, journals, and
exhibits for ideas. • Pursue professional development.
Here be dragons–and riches!Keep An Open Mind to where the sources lead.
Tour GuideAmong millions of items online, our Top 10 places to look.
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Map & CompassTactics for successful searches. • Leverage Search Terms. • Ride the Search Engines. • Leverage Catalog Pages.
For the BraveDive into Collections, large and small, difficult and easy.
Search Mode for Collections
Choose a topic you know! o Generate search terms
o Recognize what you have found
Let the evidence guide your thinking Idea: Balance American Tory & Patriot political cartoons from Revolution
Understand a collection’s strengths & limits
Get in > Get out > Move on (10-min. limit)
Practice exploring
This is not
Risks of a Preconceived Search Plan
American Patriot v. American Tory
A certain Cabinet Junto. 1775. Paul Revere. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2006675342/
?Why are there Patriot
but not Tory American
political cartoons?
Know Your Topic
Pascaert van Nieuw Nederlandt Virginia, ende Nieuw Engelandt ferthonendt alles wat van die landin by See, oft by land is ondect oft Bekent. Joan Vinckeboons. 1639. http://www.loc.gov/item/2003623405/
On the topic of Native American history, what’s so exciting about this map?
Finding that Gem – Again
Reference Info.Title: In defence of the Union and the Constitution / C[hristian] Schussele, delt. ; on stone by [Caspar] Muringer
Date: c. 1861
Author/Artist: Peter S. Duval and son
Permalink: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003689292/
Researchers Tools
Serious searching!
1. International Collections
2. Special Format Collections:- Photos, maps, film, sound files, etc.
3. On the Web > Collection Guides - 100s of Resource Guides from Adams, John to Wright, Frank Lloyd
*“Finding Aids” include items NOT online.
Collection
Guides
Drill down!
• Within a Guide, browse “Digital Collections,” and “Related Online Resources at the Library of Congress.”
• Example Digital Collections on Adams