Dandan Middle School\u2019s Elaine Cabrera, Saipan Southern High School\u2019s Dora Miura, and Chacha Ocean View Middle School\u2019s Joseph Vincent San Nicolas have been selected from pool of more than 300 applicants to participate in the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Summer Teacher Institute for the week of June 20\u201324, 2016. Aside from Cabrera, Miura, and San Nicolas other participants include:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Katie Capp, Belgrade (Montana) High School
\n\u2022 Andrea Carnes, Stoneleigh-Burnham School, Greenfield, Massachusetts
\n\u2022 Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Conwell-Egan Catholic High School, Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania
\n\u2022 Tamako Garcia, Greenbelt (Maryland) Middle School
\n\u2022 Daniel Goldman, Rosa Parks Middle School, Olney, Maryland
\n\u2022 Kelly Herberholz, Dakota High School, Macomb, Michigan
\n\u2022 Katherine Hoover, Wylie (Texas) High School
\n\u2022 Lisa Jacobsmeyer, Henderson Elementary School, Montclair, Virginia
\n\u2022 Libby Kramer, Santa Fe Trail Elementary School, Overland Park, Kansas
\n\u2022 Ron Montesi, Goff Middle School, East Greenbush, New York
\n\u2022 Diane Odbert, Knowledge Quest Academy, Milliken, Colorado
\n\u2022 Marisela Reyes, El Paso, Texas
\n\u2022 Jessica Rollins, Homestead Elementary School, Crossville, Tennessee
\n\u2022 Shubha Sarode, Goldstein High School for the Sciences, Brooklyn, New York
\n\u2022 Julie Schwab, West Ridge Elementary School, Thornton, Colorado
\n\u2022 Leslie Sering, Perry Meridian 6th Grade Academy, Indianapolis, Indiana
\n\u2022 Elizabeth Smerczak-Zorza, Berkeley County School District, Moncks Corner, South Carolina
\n\u2022 Peter Swartley, Baltimore (Maryland) City College High School
\n\u2022 Kenneth Williams, Oxon Hill Middle School, Ft. Washington, Maryland
\n\u2022 Lisa Wininger, Plainwell (Michigan) Middle School STEM Academy
\n\u2022 Anne Marie Wotkyns, Kittridge Elementary School, Van Nuys, California<\/p>\n
Each year, the Library of Congress provides the opportunity for a carefully chosen group of K-12 educators to attend one of its five teacher institutes in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n
During the five-day program, participants work with Library education specialists and subject-matter experts to learn effective practices for using primary sources in the classroom, while exploring some of the millions of digitized historical artifacts and documents available on the Library\u2019s website.<\/p>\n
This is a special session for educators who teach about science, technology or engineering. Activities draw upon the Library\u2019s treasures related to these areas, with an emphasis on the nature of science, scientific and engineering practices, interdependence of science, technology and engineering, the historical context of discovery and invention, and more.<\/p>\n
Educators attending the teacher institutes participate in and develop primary-source-based teaching strategies that they can take back to their school districts, apply in the classroom and share with colleagues. Teaching with primary sources is a powerful way to help students ask engaged, probing questions, develop critical-thinking skills and construct knowledge. All educators may freely access classroom materials, teaching tools and strategies for teaching with primary sources from the Library\u2019s site for teachers at loc.gov\/teachers\/.<\/p>\n
Applicants to the Teaching with Primary Sources Summer Teacher Institutes reflect the diversity of the world of K-12 education. Participants in a teacher institute session typically include school library media specialists and school administrators, in addition to classroom teachers. Those selected come from many different states, representing large metropolitan school districts and smaller, rural school districts. The expertise provided by the Library of Congress during the institutes can benefit every level of K-12 education.<\/p>\n
Primary sources are the raw materials of history\u2014original documents and objects that were created at the time period under study. They are different from secondary sources\u2014accounts or interpretations of events created by someone without firsthand experience. Students working with primary sources become engaged learners while building critical-thinking skills and constructing new knowledge. Teachers working in the Library\u2019s collections will explore the largest online collection of historical artifacts with access to millions of unique primary sources for use in instruction.<\/p>\n
The Library of Congress is the world\u2019s largest library, offering access to the creative record of the United States\u2014and extensive materials from around the world\u2014both on site and online. It is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office. Explore collections, reference services and other programs and plan a visit at loc.gov, access the official site for U.S. federal legislative information at congress.gov, and register creative works of authorship at copyright.gov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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