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=Assignment #5: Primary Sources= = =

**Teaching with Primary Sources I **
The Library of Congress is an amazing resource. You will learn to navigate its breadth and organization to find what’s available, narrow your search to what’s applicable and access what you need in a format that’s usable. “//Foundations”// not only demonstrates the value of primary sources in instruction and sample learning experiences, it also gives you the technological foundation to find resources amid millions of digitized options that grow all the time. You will leave this course with primary sources that fit your instructional style and plenty of ideas for using primary sources to enrich instruction. **Goal** Teachers become familiar with the breadth and organization of the Library of Congress' digital primary sources, understand their value in instruction and create basic inquiry-based learning experiences. **Objectives ** Upon completion participants should be able to: **Assignment ** This assignment is made of 4 learning parts to understand how to find and analyze Primary Sources from the Library of Congress Website ([|www.loc.gov]) in K-12. Please, find and learn interactive video modules for each learning topic below. There are two documents you need to turn in and they are written in RED. **Part 1: Introduction to the Library of Congress ** **Learning Materials: ** **1. ****Interactive Video Module ** [|**http://www.loc.gov/teachers/professionaldevelopment/selfdirected/introduction/index.html**] Get an overview of the digitized materials and K-12 resources from the Library of Congress **Part 2: Finding and Downloading Primary Resources ** **Learning Materials: ** **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1. ****<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Interactive Video Module ** [|**http://www.loc.gov/teachers/professionaldevelopment/selfdirected/findingprimarysources/index.html**] **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">2. ****<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">File Types **[|**http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/help/view.html**] **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">3. ****<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Downloading ** [|**http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/help/faq.html#download**] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt;">Understand the breadth and depth of the Library’s collections and listen to teachers as they find primary sources for their students <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt;">Activity 1: <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">1) Download the attached PDF file of Finding Primary Sources. <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">2) You are asked to study the information presented on the document and complete activities in the same PDF file. <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">3) Submit the PDF file with your completed answers on activity questions through Blackboard. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Part 3: Copyright and Primary Sources **  **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Learning Materials: **  **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1. Interactive Video Module **  [|**http://www.loc.gov/teachers/professionaldevelopment/selfdirected/copyright/index.html**] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt;">Learn how to evaluate primary sources from the Library’s collections for the best use within copyright. Listen to several teachers as they evaluate the use of primary sources of use with their students. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Part 4: Analyzing Primary Sources: Photographs and Prints ** **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Learning Materials: ** **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1.Interactive Video Module ** [|**http://www.loc.gov/teachers/professionaldevelopment/selfdirected/analyzingprimarysources/index.html**] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt;">There are many different types of primary sources. Here, you will learn how photographs and prints from the Library’s collections can increase student engagement in the classroom <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt;">Activity 2: <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt; margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;">1) Follow interactive learning activity through the video to learn how to analyze photographs and prints. <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt; margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;">2) Download a PDF file of primary sources analysis tool and a PDF file of teacher’s guides (Analyzing Primary Sources.pdf) <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt; margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;">3) Find and analyze a photograph or a print based on the primary sources analysis tool. <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt; margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;">4) Submit your complete primary sources analysis tool via Blackboard. Attachments Primary_Source_Analysis_Tool.pdf FindingPrimarySources.pdf Analyzing_Primary_Sources.pdf
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt;">Explain what primary sources are and understand their value in teaching
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt;">Locate and navigate the Library of Congress website
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt;">Access, save and present primary sources from the Library of Congress website
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt;">Gain a foundational understanding of best instructional practices for teaching with primary sources
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt;">Create basic inquiry-based learning experiences that integrate primary sources from the Library of Congress website

Submission:
Finding Primary Sources worksheet: Primary Source document : Primary Source Analysis Tool for document: