Teaching with Primary Sources Midwest Region
Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) is the premier educational program by the Library of Congress, focused on helping educators enhance students’ critical thinking and analysis skills and content knowledge using the Library’s collections of millions of digitized primary sources. The TPS Midwest Region at Illinois State University covers 17 states situated in the center of the United States, from Minnesota to Louisiana.
Announcements
MIDWEST
Summer 2021 Online Professional Development
Upcoming Webinars
Exploring Strategies for Analyzing Primary Sources
Primary sources expose students to multiple perspectives on important topics and issues of the past and present, as well as help students develop critical inquiry skills. This interactive session will introduce teachers to a variety of source analysis tools and the ways they can support their instruction.
Wednesday, July 7th 2-3 EDT, 1-2 CDT, 12-1 MDT, 11-12 PDT
Audience: All educators are welcome
*Certificate of Completion Available
Format: Zoom, synchronous online session
Registration: https://illinoisstate.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpfuqoqTkuHtJ7haOOtLlI2Is1gHKroo3Q
Teaching the History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict Using Primary Sources
Participants will build a framework for understanding the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict using primary sources, as well as explore various analysis strategies connected to primary sources that can be used in a classroom setting attending to the diverse needs of students.
Thursday, July 8th 2-3 EDT, 1-2 CDT, 12-1 MDT, 11-12 PDT
Audience: All educators are welcome
*Certificate of Completion Available
Format: Zoom, synchronous online session
Registration: https://illinoisstate.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYvduGgpzgiGNTlM4TKPqI0YoaJdRQa0D8N
Questions? Contact Judy Bee at jbee@ilstu.edu
Summer 2021 Workshop
- Fundamentals of Primary Source Instruction – Meetings on June 8 & July 27, 10–11:30 am Central Time.
- Advanced Primary Source Instruction (prerequisite: Fundamentals of PSI) – Meetings on June 10 & July 29, 10–11:30 am Central Time .
Learn to utilize digital primary sources from the Library of Congress, create activities that facilitate the Common Core Standards, and engage students in active learning. Self-paced course, 25 PD hours. Email Judy Bee or call ( 309) 438-3441. Register for Courses
TPS CONSORTIUM MEMBERS
Notice of funding opportunity for FY22 grants is online
The Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for fiscal year 2022 grants is now publicly available online from the Teaching with Primary Sources Partner Program webpage. The proposal due date is Friday, May 28, 2021.
Summer Institutes
Virtual Summer Institute-June 21–23. Applications due by June 6. Teaching the History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict Using Primary Sources, 10:00 am–1:00 pm Central. Cost is free (refundable deposit to secure place) and participants receive a $150 stipend upon completion. Registration at Institute for Curriculum Services.
National Council for Teachers of English virtual event
June 15: "Build Your Stack® with the Best Books of the 2020 -2021 School Year" will include whole group portions and breakout group presentations by grade level (elementary, middle, and high school). Free and open to all; information and registration at Build Your Stack.
Racial Equity webinars
June 17: From Equity Dream to Reality. Free webinars provide strategies to use Library of Congress primary sources as resources to work for change in our society and our schools. More information at Citizen U.
National Council for Social Studies Summer Pop-UP! event
June 18: Professional learning from social studies teachers and professionals with webinars that address the latest topics in civics/government, human rights/anti-racism, social studies pedagogy, and technology. Registration at NCSS.
TPS-UArts online course
July 5–16: Posters for the People: Using WPA (Works Progress Administration) Sources. Information and registration at University of the Arts.
New iCivics website offers easy access to teaching tools
A new resource for K–12 educators and their students, including professional development videos and strategies for simplifying lessoning planning using a curated collection of high-quality primary source tools. Read more from the TPS Apps Group at Partners – iCivics: Exploring Primary Sources.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
TPS Consortium Journal launches inaugural issue
This biannual, peer-reviewed journal offers primary source-based suggestions, reflections, and findings about a number of topics from some of the most engaged educational thinkers and practitioners in the country. Read more at the link for the Spring 2021 issue.