Teaching with Primary Sources Follow-Up MASL Fall PD Day October 21, 2017 Tom Bober, Librarian RM Captain Elementary School District of Clayton

Today Report Out-How is it going? Building on Primary Source Analysis: Circle of Viewpoint Strategy Searching Digital Public Library of America

Report Out: How is it going? What has worked like you expected? What hasn’t? Any primary sources you’re looking for? Have you tried sharing any analysis strategies with teachers or other librarians? Successes to share?

Circle of Viewpoints Strategy First, perform a primary source analysis Visible Thinking Strategies from Project Zero

Who would have a viewpoint about this event? Who is involved? Who is impacted? Who would care about this? (Stay within the time period under study.) Visible Thinking Strategies from Project Zero

Take on the persona of one of those viewpoints Who are you? Speak as that individual. Ask a question as that person. Let someone ask you a question as you continue speaking from that viewpoint. Visible Thinking Strategies from Project Zero

Why might you point a student or teacher to DPLA? What are entry points into DPLA resources to share with students & teachers? How can you support students & teachers in interacting with DPLA resources? Visit dp.la

History, research, or literature connections looking for primary sources, especially post 1922. Visit dp.la

Visit dp.la Narrow results by: Subject Location Language Contributing Institution Partner Type (format) Date Visit dp.la

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Exhibits Visit dp.la Over two dozen exhibits that “are designed to tell stories of national significance using source material from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States…”

Exhibits Visit dp.la Introduction and Categories

Exhibits Visit dp.la Category leads to curated sources, title, and description

Exhibits Visit dp.la High level of detail and more info

Exhibits Visit dp.la Patrons will want to click through for citation purposes.

Explore by Place Visit dp.la Great for patrons wanting to research “place” ex. Local history Check the holder of the source before clicking through to check for location accuracy. Visit dp.la

Explore by Date Visit dp.la Search for “soldier”

Explore by Date Visit dp.la Continue to narrow by subject, format, or location. Scrub through timeline to modify results.

Visit dp.la Primary Source Sets 100 sets of sources Organized around topic of study Visit dp.la

Visit dp.la Primary Source Sets Topics frequently revolve around historic events, groups, individuals, or literature. Tags allow for grouping of related Primary Source Sets Visit dp.la

Visit dp.la Primary Source Sets Warning: Not all sources in the Primary Source Sets may actually be described as Primary Sources. Visit dp.la In PSS Women and the Civil War

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Visit dp.la Interacting with DPLA Sources In the linked Teaching Guide for each Primary Source Set Visit dp.la

Interacting with DPLA Sources Library of Congress Visit dp.la

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Interacting with DPLA Sources 1 2 3 Visit dp.la

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