I participated in this a few years ago. It was a great workshop, highly recommended.
Matthew Cadorette
Librarian
Waterford High School
20 Rope Ferry Road
Waterford, CT 06385
(860) 437-6956
Billy Pilgrim has become unstuck in time
Slaughterhouse 5, Kurt Vonnegut
From: Apfeldorf, Michael [mailto:mapf@loc.gov]
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 4:02 PM
Subject: Help us Spread the Word!
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Fellow educators,
I hope this note finds you all doing well! I am sending you this note to highlight a Library of Congress Professional Development
opportunity that may be of interest to your colleagues: the 2023 Teaching with Primary Sources Summer Onsite Workshops! These workshops are similar to the Library Professional Development events that you have attended in the past, so you no doubt know how
beneficial they can be to educators. If you know of colleagues who might be interested, please feel free to forward this message to them with an invitation to apply by February 10! Note that this opportunity is only for educators who have
not attended a Summer Teacher Institute in the past. Additional information may be found
here and below.
2023 Teaching with Primary Sources Summer Onsite Workshops
Join us onsite at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. for a free three-day professional development workshop, where you’ll learn and practice strategies for using primary sources with K-12
students. Three sessions will be offered this summer:
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July 5-7
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July 12-14
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July 17-19
In each session, Library of Congress education specialists will model a variety of hands-on, inquiry-based teaching strategies for using primary sources to engage students, build critical thinking
skills, construct knowledge, and launch original research. Activities will feature some of the millions of historical artifacts from the Library’s collections – photographs, prints, manuscripts, maps, multimedia, and more – which are digitized and freely available
online.
Before the workshop, participants will be invited to to join an orientation webinar to prepare for their time at the Library. Once onsite, participants will both engage in activities and reflect on
how the strategies apply to their students, subject areas, and classrooms or school libraries. Participants will also draw on the Library’s collections to draft a primary source activity that they can implement with their students during the school year. Finally,
participants will be invited to a follow up webinar to share their experiences implementing the activity with students.
Tuition and materials for the workshops are offered at no cost to participants. However, please note that participants are responsible for all other costs, such as transportation, meals, and lodging.
Attendees will receive a certificate of participation upon successful completion of the workshop.
For more information and to apply, click here:
https://www.loc.gov/programs/teachers/professional-development/teacher-Institute/
Thank you!
Michael Apfeldorf
Professional Learning and Outreach Initiatives Office | Library
of Congress
202-707-2088
mapf@loc.gov
101 Independence Ave. SE | Washington, DC 20540-1300
