Welcome! Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program of the Collaborative for Educational Services

A partnership of:• Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources

Program of the Collaborative for Educational Services• UMass Amherst Department of History • Massachusetts Department of Elementary &

Secondary Education • Boston Public Schools

Photo by Carol M. Highsmith: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2011635788/

Search Strategies Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program of the Collaborative for Educational Services

Library of Congress TPS at CES Workshops

Group Norms• Start on time, end on time.• Focus on task. • Step forward. Step back. • Use laptop/iPad for LoC.Gov & TPS

Network – but not for txt or email.• Stay positive and have fun!

Inquiry and Primary Sources

For the Library of Congress, it is not enough for students to look to primary sources to answer the teacher’s questions or textbook questions.

An ultimate goal of inquiry-based learning – is to teach students to look to primary sources to come up with their own questions. That is what historians do.

Strategies for Searching LoC.Gov

Hug the Coast The Library’s Teachers Page is a vital guide to classroom resources. • Mine Primary Source Sets and Lessons

by topic or by State Standard. • Browse blog posts, journals, and

exhibits for ideas. • Pursue professional development.

Here be dragons–and riches!Keep An Open Mind to where the sources lead.

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Map & CompassTactics for successful searches. • Leverage Search Terms. • Ride the Search Engines. • Leverage Catalog Pages.

For the BraveDive into Collections, large and small, difficult and easy.

Understanding Collections – A

Eccentric Yet Easy to Search

Understanding Collections – B

Richly Dense Yet Challenging

Understanding Collections

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Model a Search

http://LoC.Gov/Teachers – Mine Sources

What do we do if we find this?

Sigh, and move on! (With one recourse.)

Search Mode for Collections

Choose a topic you know! o Generate search terms

o Recognize what you have found

Let the evidence guide your thinking Idea: Balance American Tory & Patriot political cartoons from Revolution

Understand a collection’s strengths & limits

Get in > Get out > Move on (10-min. limit)

Practice exploring

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Risks of a Preconceived Search Plan

American Patriot v. American Tory

A certain Cabinet Junto. 1775. Paul Revere. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2006675342/

?Why are there Patriot

but not Tory American

political cartoons?

Know Your Topic

Pascaert van Nieuw Nederlandt Virginia, ende Nieuw Engelandt ferthonendt alles wat van die landin by See, oft by land is ondect oft Bekent. Joan Vinckeboons. 1639. http://www.loc.gov/item/2003623405/

On the topic of Native American history, what’s so exciting about this map?

Catalog

Finding that Gem – Again

Reference Info.Title: In defence of the Union and the Constitution / C[hristian] Schussele, delt. ; on stone by [Caspar] Muringer

Date: c. 1861

Author/Artist: Peter S. Duval and son

Permalink: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003689292/

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Researchers Tools

Serious searching!

1. International Collections

2. Special Format Collections:- Photos, maps, film, sound files, etc.

3. On the Web > Collection Guides - 100s of Resource Guides from Adams, John to Wright, Frank Lloyd

*“Finding Aids” include items NOT online.

Collection

Guides

Drill down!

• Within a Guide, browse “Digital Collections,” and “Related Online Resources at the Library of Congress.”

• Example Digital Collections on Adams

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