Come to the Mountain!

KMWP Continuity Events

Webinar Series

Writing From MemoryWriting Activities with American

Memory and Other Digital ArchivesJune 3, 2010 – 4:30 p.m.

Objectives• Showcase strategies with digital archives

• Explore Archives: – Library of Congress collections– National Archives experience with Digital Vaults

• Highlight teacher resources & lesson ideas

• Discuss, comment, question, write

To see speaker’s explanation of slides, download the PowerPoint to view the notes

QuickWrite Countdown: 5-4-3-2-1

• Write 5 observations (what you see)

• Write 4 inferences (interpretations of what you see justified with evidence)

• Write 3 questions

• Write 2 hypotheses (example: What were people feeling and thinking?)

• Write 1 caption

Write 5 observations (what you see)

Write 4 inferences (interpretations of what you see justified with evidence)

Write 3 questions

Write 2 hypotheses (example: What were people feeling and thinking?)

Write 1 caption

Links to Online Resources

• The Library of Congress – American Memory http://memory.loc.gov/ammem

• The National Archives Experience – http://www.digitalvaults.org/

• Georgia’s Virtual Vault - http://content.sos.state.ga.us/

• New York Public Library Digital Gallery - http://digitalgallery.nypl.org

• Making Connections Through Poetry - http://www.loc.gov/teachers/history/index.html