Session HighlightsSession Highlights  Welcome and Introductions  Library of Congress  Scholastic: Explore Immigration Data  Newseum  Digital History  Questions  Smore/Padlet (Technology Tools)

Library of CongressLibrary of Congress  Nation's oldest federal cultural institution  Research library of Congress  One of the largest libraries in the world  Vast amount of online materials and resources

Library of CongressLibrary of Congress  Education Link: Displays all educational resources for students and teachers  Click on the Teacher Resources Link  Teacher Page: Menu box to the left of screen  Classroom Materials: Categories of available teacher resources.

Classroom MaterialsClassroom Materials Primary Source Sets Sets of primary sources on specific topics. Primary Source Sets Lesson Plans Teacher-created lesson plans using Library of Congress primary sources. Lesson Plans Presentations & Activities Media-rich historical context and opportunities for both teachers and students to explore. Presentations & Activities Themed Resources The Library’s best exhibitions, activities, primary sources, and lesson plans on popular curricular themes. Themed Resources Collection Connections Historical context and ideas for teaching with specific Library of Congress primary source collections. Collection Connections Top three links most helpful Tutorials on using resources on this site

Classroom MaterialsClassroom Materials Another search option would be to search all of these resources by standard, state, grade, and topic. Since the College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education are closely aligned to the K-12 Common Core standards, you could use this tool if you wanted to address a specific skill by standard. Let’s say that you are working with a HIABE group of students. You can indicate that you want to see what Common Core standards are at 6 th grade, but rather than use History/Social Studies category, select English Language Arts. The reason is that the K-12 Common Core Standards under English Language Arts closely align to the College and Career Ready Standards for Adult Education. In addition, the Adult Education standards do not include separate Social Studies or Science standards.

Correlation of StandardsCorrelation of Standards Here’s an example of the correlation between the PA State Common Core and the Adult Ed standards: – RI.6.2: Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. – CCR Anchor 2: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

Presentation and Activities Link Presentation and Activities Link RI 6.2, with RI standing for Reading Informational Text, you will see 228 Resources that address that standard alone! Resources and lesson plan ideas that correlate to our Adult Ed standards and address content knowledge required on the GED. Presentation and Activities Link: Click on Activities: First Two Links under Activities

Creating the United States Word Search Creating the United States Word Search Interactive word search introducing basic vocabulary from the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and a Challenge Word category. Students click and drag the cursor over the words. Use as an introduction, the focus of a vocabulary lesson, ask students to make inferences based on the word list, etc. Nice tool for reinforcing vocabulary with lower level students or practicing computer related skills.

Declaration of Independence Rewriting the Rough Draft Declaration of Independence Rewriting the Rough Draft  Second link is The Declaration of Independence, Rewriting the Rough Draft activity.  Appropriate with lower level students with some vocabulary review  View a copy of Thomas Jefferson’s rough draft.  They click on a window and can select the original or edited text  When complete, students compare their draft to the actual Declaration of Independence

Declaring Independence Drafting the Documents Declaring Independence Drafting the Documents  Can view the documents side by side online or print them.  Discussion/writing activities that ask students to discuss similarities/differences between the draft and final version.  Compare content of Declaration of Independence to other primary sources from that time period.

Lesson PlansLesson Plans  Go to Classroom Materials link and select Lesson Plans  Will see a set of topic headings  Select Government, Politics, and Law topic link  See listing of lesson plans and grade levels.  Last one on the list is The U.S. Constitution: Continuity and Change in the Governing of the United States

The U.S. Constitution: Continuity and Change in the Governing of the United States The U.S. Constitution: Continuity and Change in the Governing of the United States  Rather than a single lesson, it is a collection of four lessons with some of these goals:  Interpret primary source documents in historical context  Analyze changes in the final drafts of the Constitution  Describe the evolution of the Bill of Rights  Compare issues facing the Continental Congress and present-day Congress  Feature portion of lesson dealing with the Bill of Rights.

Lesson Two: Bill of RightsLesson Two: Bill of Rights  Higher level students  Compare and contrast Virginia’s proposed amendments to the US constitution and the actual Bill of Rights  Virginia’s Proposed Amendments Virginia’s Proposed Amendments  Bill of Rights Bill of Rights  There is great online tool that can assist students with the analysis process

Analysis Tool for StudentsAnalysis Tool for Students  Tool is great for any type of primary source  Located under the Using Primary Sources: Analysis Tool for Students  Select the type of document and the tool provides prompts specific to the document type  Allows for typing practice and a basis for discussion or writing  Document can be downloaded, saved, and printed

Library of CongressLibrary of Congress  Application to GED Social Studies skills identified at the GED Testing Service website:  Determine what is explicitly stated in primary sources and make inferences based on evidence  Compare treatments of the same social studies topic in primary sources and noting the discrepancies between them  Key historical documents that have shaped American constitutional government  Revolutionary and Early Republic Periods  Individual Rights and Civic Responsibilities

Scholastic: Immigration Data Scholastic: Immigration Data  Tour Ellis Island, Interactive Tour, Listen to Stories  All information is from  Various graphs and charts

Immigration DataImmigration Data  Shown by Decade, Region, and by 50-year Periods and Regions  Different graphs and charts display the data  CCR Anchor 7: Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.

Exploring DataExploring Data  Download data to get handouts for students  Questions at the bottom of the page – easy way to make it into a lesson Choose one of the countries you selected in the question above. During which decade or time period did most of the immigrants come to the United States? Why do you think that is? Research your answer.  Small group activities

Historical TimelineHistorical Timeline  Scroll to top of the page to the timeline featured at the right  Color coded timeline  Easy for lower level students to understand key events during that time period

Explore Ellis IslandExplore Ellis Island  On the main page there is a tab that lets you explore Ellis Island  Main parts of Ellis Island that Immigrants would travel through  Labeled from where Immigrants would begin their journey  10 th Spot- Kissing Post  Stories, photos, and audio

Ellis IslandEllis Island  Free search of passengers on website (must make an account)  There is a “Sign in” and then you will see a box asking if you are new to the site  Register on the site in order to gain access to documents  Great way for students to explore to find relatives  Can see actual documents from passengers

Newseum MuseumNewseum Museum  Official website for Newseum Museum, devoted to news and journalism.  Numerous online exhibits, interesting interactives, and information related to First Amendment.  Today’s Front Pages Exhibit is a unique site feature Newseum Museum

Today’s Front PagesToday’s Front Pages  You can view the front page of over 800 newspapers by gallery, list, or a map.  Select the geographic region and each dot represents location of the paper.  Another feature is the Top 10, selected by a different editor each day, highlighting 10 front pages from around the world.  Under View Archived Images link, view dates and events with historical significance, such as the 9-11 attacks or the war in Iraq.

Today’s Front Pages Lesson Plan Today’s Front Pages Lesson Plan  Possible lesson ideas include:  Compare and contrast two of the Top 10 or any other front pages for bias and propaganda  Demonstrate how to distinguish between fact and opinion  Explain how specific evidence is used by an author to support a claim  These skills are part of the Adult CCR Standards in Reading and required for the GED

Digital ClassroomDigital Classroom  Click on the Education link  See a series of links to the left of the screen  Click on the third link, Digital Classroom  It does require you to register with the site, but is a short process and free  Separate account for registering for any online activity, which is my live.com account, and then submit my password.  Feature Civil Rights and Women’s Suffrage Movements

Making the Change First Amendment and Civil Rights Movement Making the Change First Amendment and Civil Rights Movement  My two favorite are the ones that address the Civil Rights and Woman’s Suffrage Movements.  Both have two features that you could easily incorporate into lessons:  Interactive Timeline  Media Maps

Interactive TimelineInteractive Timeline  Timeline explores how people have used First Amendment rights to make or prevent change across the United States.  Text, photos, videos, and newspapers from the event  "Start Over" to return to a view of all events  Use filters to find events about specific civil rights issues (legal, social or economic), people, or places  First Amendment rights in parentheses to see how Americans used freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition to fight for and against change

Media MapMedia Map  Click on a year to see multiple front pages about a major civil rights story  Click on a map pin to view the newspaper from that city or scroll down in the column on the right to browse all of the front pages  Read descriptions of each newspaper  “View larger image“ feature  Find evidence of the effects of each newspaper's history and location on the civil rights story  Consider how their reports may have influenced public opinion about the civil rights movement

Women, Their Rights and Nothing Less Women, Their Rights and Nothing Less  Investigates how suffragists utilized the First Amendment as a tool to help achieve their goal.  Explains how suffragists exercised all five freedoms (speech, press, assembly, religion, petition) and pioneered new forms of dramatic protest.  Deeper understanding of the suffrage movement and its impact on today's social and political movements.

Interactive TimelineInteractive Timeline  History of the women's suffrage movement, including leaders, strategies, victories, setbacks and use of the First Amendment  Text, photos, newspapers and videos from that event  Use filters to find events related to specific people or places  "Marching for Women's Rights" is online exhibit to download primary sources seen in timeline "Marching for Women's Rights"

Media MapMedia Map  Map explores how the suffrage movement — and the people who opposed it — tried to influence public opinion.  Displays artifacts, billboards, cards, buttons and cartoons.  Describes how geography and other factors shaped the form and content of communication.  Pin shows location and image of artifact on the right  "View larger image" feature

Digital ClassroomsDigital Classrooms  The timelines are very interesting and the content is not overwhelming  Media Maps reinforce geography  Explains how historic events are connected to movements, providing a sense of continuity and insight into the “bigger picture”  At the end of many of the information “snippets” are discussion questions that do address the various levels of Webb’s Depth of Knowledge

Digital HistoryDigital History  Scrolling Timeline  Beginning pre-1492 to 2010  Abundance of historical information  We will focus on one particular era – American Revolution found under “Eras”

American RevolutionAmerican Revolution  Overview of American Revolution  Tabs - Documents, major event timeline, images, quizzes, etc  Click the tab “For Teachers” – lessons and handouts that can be used with students

Teacher ResourcesTeacher Resources  Lesson plan gives summary of events  Chapter 5: French and Indian war  Suggested students exercises: Definitions Constructing an essay  Typing skills

Maps and GlossaryMaps and Glossary  Under ‘References’ tab there are links to various teaching tools to use with students  Focus on Maps  Maps by Topic  United States Maps  Maps by State, Territory, Region, and City

Landmark DocumentsLandmark Documents  Organized by Era  Great way for students to analyze and interpret informational text  Lincolns Inaugural Address compared to JFK’s Address

Court CasesCourt Cases  Trial Transcripts  Rodney King beating trial Rodney King Timeline of Events Transcript Excerpts Key Figures Supreme Court Ruling

Obituaries  Scroll through by name or year  Dr. Seuss Gives Date of Death Gives quick description of role in history  Web link opens to new page

Dr. SeussDr. Seuss  Can look through obituary  Died from an infection of jaw bone  Major works are displayed

Smore Flyer/Padlet WallSmore Flyer/Padlet Wall  Online resources for you to be able to use  Smore: Features links to the home page of the four websites that we featured today and a link to our Padlet Wall Smore  Padlet: A virtual wall where we would like for you to share your thoughts on the session or any of the resources we have shared Padlet  Today’s presentation is available on our Padlet Wall

Stay Tuned…Stay Tuned…  Second Session: Sharing how you used resources from this session and then introducing some additional social studies resources

Thanks for Coming!Thanks for Coming!  Angela Kenes:  Rachel Hanzes: