New Article from Grand Valley State University

The Teaching with Primary Sources Midwest Region is proud to showcase another new article composed by a Midwest Region Consortium partner,   Tamara Shreiner , with Grand Valley State University! This article focuses on the development and use of the "slow reveal" technique, which promotes incremental inquiry in the examination of primary sources. This organization, which initially completed this work through the assistance of a regional grant, has now received a larger grant from the Library of Congress to continue to promote and educate using these strategies.

This article is now live on the resources page of the Midwest Region's updated website, on which we hope to continue to gather writing to showcase the work of our excellent grantees! Thank you, Tamara, for your contribution!

New Article from Grand Valley State University

The Teaching with Primary Sources Midwest Region is proud to showcase another new article composed by a Midwest Region Consortium partner,   Tamara Shreiner , with Grand Valley State University! This article focuses on the development and use of the "slow reveal" technique, which promotes incremental inquiry in the examination of primary sources. This organization, which initially completed this work through the assistance of a regional grant, has now received a larger grant from the Library of Congress to continue to promote and educate using these strategies.

This article is now live on the resources page of the Midwest Region's updated website, on which we hope to continue to gather writing to showcase the work of our excellent grantees! Thank you, Tamara, for your contribution!

Excited to Share My Project Description!

Gateway Writing Project

Exploring How Primary Sources & Place-Based Writing Can Expand Our View of the World

This project, run by Gateway Writing Project  at the University of Missouri-St. Louis  , worked in partnership with the Gateway Arch National Park and Missouri Botanical Garden to design field trip experiences that bring together primary sources and place based writing. The goal of the project was to broaden the definition of literacy by asking students to approach the park’s museum as a text/source for writing. The project trained in-service teachers in the use of digital primary sources from the Library of Congress, provided immersive field trip experiences, and closed with the in-service teachers sharing their experiences with the broader Gateway Writing Project network.  

New Article from Minnesota Historical Society

The Teaching with Primary Sources Midwest Region is proud to showcase an article composed by Midwest Region Consortium partner Meghan Davisson with the Minnesota State Historical Society! This article titled, "Empowering Communities with Local History" showcases some of the excellent work and strategies utilized through the completion of their grant project, "Inquiry in the Upper Midwest."

This article is now live on the resources page of the Midwest Region's updated website, on which we hope to continue to gather writing to showcase the work of our excellent grantees! Thank you, Meghan, for your contribution!

  Meghan Davisson , what a wonderful article! It seems as if pairing local resources with Library of Congress primary sources worked very well for your teachers during this project. I loved your description of how the project ended up being much more than a list of resources. What teachers and students DO with primary sources matters more than lists!

Already this morning on Twitter, I've seen a video of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (announced today as the Democratic Party VP pick) on a Minnesota State Fair ride with his daughter. That made me curious about how a political candidate from a particular state might impact state historical societies such as yours. What might be the opportunities to increase awareness, for example? 

New Article from Minnesota Historical Society

The Teaching with Primary Sources Midwest Region is proud to showcase an article composed by Midwest Region Consortium partner Meghan Davisson with the Minnesota State Historical Society! This article titled, "Empowering Communities with Local History" showcases some of the excellent work and strategies utilized through the completion of their grant project, "Inquiry in the Upper Midwest."

This article is now live on the resources page of the Midwest Region's updated website, on which we hope to continue to gather writing to showcase the work of our excellent grantees! Thank you, Meghan, for your contribution!