Created Tuesday, February 13 2024, 19:02 UTC
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Created Wednesday, January 31 2024, 18:12 UTC
My Kindle notified me last night that Tom Bober, a Network member, has a new book coming out. “Literature and Primary Sources”. I can’t wait!
Tom has written extensively about pairing children’s literature with primary sources. You can find his work here on the Network as well as Knowledge Quest. Here is an example of his pairing the book “Jack Knight’s Brave Flight: How One Gutsy Pilot Saved the U.S. Air Mail Service” by Jill Esbaum and Stacy Innerst. https://knowledgequest.aasl.org/pairing-picture-books-and-primary-sources-jack-knights-brave-flight-how-one-gutsy-pilot-saved-the-u-s-air-mail-service-by-jill-esbaum-and-stacy-innerst/
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Salika Lawrence created discussion Upcoming Workshop - Teaching with Primary Sources
Supporting Literacy with Primary Sources
Created Wednesday, May 24 2023, 11:28 UTC
K-12 teachers will share how they are using primary sources in their curriculum. Join us on June 12, 2023 from 5:00-7:00pm EST
The event is free, but registration is required. See attached flyer.
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Matthew Mandarino commented on discussion 100 Words Every Middle Schooler Should Know!
Supporting Literacy with Primary Sources
Created Monday, March 06 2023, 19:58 UTC
100 Words Every Middle Schooler Should Know!
Greetings, fellow LOC nerds! I’m so excited to share my students’ work with all of you. This year, my sixth graders have been creating their own dictionaries of The 100 Words Every Middle Schooler Should Know on BookCreator, and the results are remarkable.
For each word, students have been tasked with recording the definition, finding an image from the LOC (or another historic, artistic, or current event-related source), tell the story of the image that incorporates the word, and write one sentence with a personal connection to the term. As we practice various sentence structures, the opportunity to incorporate these skills into their descriptions is abundant. Mostly, they are navigating the LOC website like pros, and that’s pretty thrilling to witness. This is a no-brainer…I can’t believe it took me 20 years to figure this out! If I ever need plans for a sub, or I just need a catch-up day, we work on our 100 words. These are a work in progress, but a thrill to explore. When you open the link, tap the arrow in the upper-right hand corner to read this as a 2-page spread book. Enjoy!
Jodi Sabra shared a discussion 100 Words Every Middle Schooler Should Know! to group Supporting Literacy with Primary Sources.
Created Monday, March 06 2023, 04:33 UTC
Greetings, fellow LOC nerds! I’m so excited to share my students’ work with all of you. This year, my sixth graders have been creating their own dictionaries of The 100 Words Every Middle Schooler Should Know on BookCreator, and the results are remarkable.
For each word, students have been tasked with recording the definition, finding an image from the LOC (or another historic, artistic, or current event-related source), tell the story of the image that incorporates the word, and write one sentence with a personal connection to the term. As we practice various sentence structures, the opportunity to incorporate these skills into their descriptions is abundant. Mostly, they are navigating the LOC website like pros, and that’s pretty thrilling to witness. This is a no-brainer…I can’t believe it took me 20 years to figure this out! If I ever need plans for a sub, or I just need a catch-up day, we work on our 100 words. These are a work in progress, but a thrill to explore. When you open the link, tap the arrow in the upper-right hand corner to read this as a 2-page spread book. Enjoy!
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Jodi, this is a great way to enrich vocabulary instruction with Library of Congress primary sources! It's impressive, too, that your middle school students are navigating loc.gov on their own.