Come to the Mountain! KMWP Continuity Events Webinar Series Writing From Memory Writing Activities with American Memory and Other Digital Archives June 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: 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 The National Archives Experience – Georgia’s Virtual Vault New York Public Library Digital Gallery Making Connections Through Poetry -