The Library of Congress is now accepting applications for its 2010 Summer Teacher Institutes in Washington, D.C. The four-day institutes will provide educators with the tools and resources to effectively integrate primary sources into classroom teaching.
Institutes will take place on the following dates:

Session 1          May 11-14, 2010
Session 2          June 8-11, 2010
Session 3          July 12-15, 2010
Session 4          July 19-22, 2010
Session 5          July 27-30, 2010
Session 6          August 17-20, 2010

There is no charge for the institute or materials but participants must cover costs for travel to Washington, DC and cost for lodging and meals while in Washington.
Although the Library cannot provide college or professional development credits for those participating in the Teacher Institutes, we will provide a certificate of completion.
The deadline to apply for the Summer Teacher Institutes is March 19, 2010.

To apply visit the LOC website or click this link for more information.

www.loc.gov/teachers/professionaldevelopment/teacherinstitute/
 

K-12 teachers and UNC faculty can both explore a vast variety of Library of Congress resources representing Voices of the Americas through upcoming FREE workshops offered through Teaching with Primary Sources at UNC. These workshops are part of the UNC campus and community-wide collaboration focusing on this year’s theme, Voices of America.

A Special Topics workshop for K-12 teachers, American Views and Voices, is scheduled for Saturday, February 20, at UNC’s Centerra Center. See Upcoming Events for details. Pre-requisite is completion of the Essentials Exploration introductory course. To register, contact us at primary.sources@unco.edu or 970-351-1555. Optional graduate credit is available.

For UNC faculty, three workshops offered through the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) on campus will be held over the next three months, focusing on Library of Congress online resources with ideas for integrating them into courses. Check our website for times and register through CETL.

• January 20: Library of Congress: Diverse American Voices explores ethnic perspectives from American history using Library of Congress collections, including numerous collections focusing on African-Americans in anticipation of Black History Month.
• February 11: Library of Congress: Early Americas explores online exhibitions and collections, including maps, documents, paintings, prints, and artifacts from the Jay I. Kislak Collection.
• March 10: Library of Congress American Voices: Response to War and Threats takes you into online collections including After the Day of Infamy: "Man-on-the-Street" Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor, September 11, 2001, Documentary Project, and the Veteran’s History Project.

UNC created the Voices of the Americas community collaboration focus to highlight issues about and celebrations of the diversity of cultures, languages, traditions, and people who are part of the ever changing reality of the Americas. Through the various events, participants can experience the complexity of cultural traditions in the western hemisphere from a wide range of viewpoints. See http://www.arts.unco.edu/voices/ for more information .

TPS at UNC is excited to welcome Wyoming educators into our program starting in 2010. Our desire is to build on the success of the regional pilot project in that state and reach many more educators with this expansion. The core of our geographic focus will now include northern Colorado and the Wyoming population centers of Cheyenne and Laramie. Beyond this core area, we continue our commitment to reach the K-12 educator community in outlying areas, now in both states.

We encourage Wyoming teachers to join us at the UNC Centerra Center for our ongoing TPS workshops, and anticipate that offerings in Wyoming may draw Colorado educators as well. We look forward to great opportunities for cross-boundary collaboration and learning.