Bring History to Life in Your Classroom Heather Balsley and Krissy Schleicher and Institute participant - Kendel Lively This institute is sponsored in part by the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Eastern Region Program, coordinated by Waynesburg University.

Come join the fun! Summer daily William Byrd Middle School – Vinton 1 credit per hour and for additional time spent at home working on project – maximum of 40 hours 1 credit hour each for doing on-line modules and/or training before the institute

Registration starts end of March List-serve/ – in-depth details and registration link Limited slots – maximum of 30 Sharing of plans

Secondary Sources -do NOT contain firsthand knowledge -generally written after the event

Secondary Examples Include: Documentaries Magazine, newspaper, or professional journal articles Textbooks A book about the effects of WWI Encyclopedias Article critiquing a piece of art Web site

Primary Sources - from the time period being studied - contain firsthand knowledge

Primary Examples Include: letters personal papers government documents oral accounts diaries maps photographs articles of clothing artifacts (including art objects and architecture) coins stamps

Bias To influence in a particular, typically unfair direction; prejudice. Bias is generally seen as 'one-sided’. Most evidence that historians analyze is biased in one way or another. It represents a certain perspective from one person or a group.

“Reaching too far…”

Primary Sources- A window into the past Engage Students- connect personally, 1 st person accounts promote active reading and response Develop critical thinking skills –use prior knowledge, find patterns, concrete observations/facts to questioning and making inferences, analyze bias/point of view/challenge student’s assumptions

Primary Sources- A window into the past Construct Knowledge –compare and contrast, form conclusions, synthesize information, integrating new knowledge with prior knowledge, deepen understanding

Who are primary sources for? Students of all ability levels Differentiated instruction Librarians, teachers All grade levels

Ready made lessons Primary Source Sets Modules for teachers (some parts can be used with students) Free institutes and training

Three Great Ways that Primary Sources Can be Used to Support the SOLs! 1.Activate Prior Knowledge 2.Support Literature and Content Instruction 3.Use Independently as a Short Lesson Dr. Michael McKenna, University of Virginia

Activate Prior Knowledge

Support Literature and Content Instruction

Use Primary Sources as a Stand-Alone Lesson

Works Cited Abraham Lincoln and General George McClellan Photograph. Library of Congress, Dickinson College. House Divided. 28 Mar Web. 1 Nov Advertisement. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Nov "Why Use Primary Sources?" - For Teachers (Library of Congress). Library of Congress, n.d. Web. 06 Nov