Essentials Exploration Agenda 2012
Morning Coffee, Tea & Conversation
We welcome you to arrive at 8:15 AM to enjoy refreshments and visit with TPS staff and fellow educators until we start at 8:30 AM. We will be completing the sign-in process and collecting pre-workshop assignments, including the certificate earned upon completion of the the Library of Congress online module, 'Introduction to the Library of Congress.'
*Click the link that follows for more information on the REQUIRED, pre-workshop, assignment:
Preparation for Your First TPS Workshop,
Pre-Workshop Assignment for Essentials Exploration
INTRODUCTION
- Overview of TPS Program
DISCOVERY
- Connecting with Primary Sources (activity)
- What are Primary Sources? Leaving Evidence of Our Lives
- Library of Congress Red (Why Use Primary Sources) and Green (How to Use Primary Sources) sheets at http://www.loc.gov/teachers/additionalresources/downloads/
- Primary/Secondary Sources
- www.loc.gov
- Library of Congress website, Front Page Image and Key
- Teacher's Guides and Analysis Tool
- Viewing, resizing, printing maps
- Permanent URL's
- Primary Source Collection Tool
EXPLORATION
- Exploring the Teachers' Page at www.loc.gov
- Zoom-In Activity
Lunch (TPS provides lunch & refreshments.)
INVESTIGATION & INQUIRY
- Found Poems
- Activity: Primary Source Analysis
- Primary Sources & Inquiry
APPLICATION & Wrap-Up
