1. Teaching “Pop Culture” via Primary Sources: The Coca-Cola Case Study A collaboration between California University of Pennsylvania’s Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program and the Intermediate Unit One California, PA

2. Who is here? Where do you teach/work? What’s your grade level and subject area? Why are you here today? Why did you choose this course in particular? Are you new to Teaching with Primary Sources? Have you used primary sources / oral history in your classes? Hobbies / interests?

3. TPS Summer Institute Participants 1. Rebecca Barota 2. Teri Clay 3. Stephany Daniels 4. David Divelbliss 5. Chelsie Fike 6. Shannon Gagliardi 7. Matthew Gasper 8. Martin Gatti 9. Sharon Geary 10. Dominic Grenaldo 11. Michelle Hudock 12. Andrea Jackson 13. Donna Kovell 14. Jeanette Markle 15. Dawn Mattey 16. Kenneth Musko 17. Katie Pavelko 18. Heather Persson 19. Denise Phillips 20. Mark Render 21. Brianna Rice 22. Julie Sanders 23. Ashley Smolenski 24. Nicole Stephenson 25. Suzanne Turack 26. Denise Yoho 27. Bryan Maola

4. Who we are Dr. Michael Brna, Director Mrs. Lynne Berdar, Secretary Mr. Nik Roberts, Instructional Specialist Dr. Dave Lonich, Historian & Educator Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Department College of Education and Human Services California University of Pennsylvania

5. Introduction to the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program

6. What do we do at Cal U? Conduct courses / workshops / presentations on primary source learning Bring digital primary sources into the classroom Find, research, and preserve primary sources Teaching with Primary Sources

7. The Library of Congress

8. TPS From the Librarian of Congress.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L2XwWq4_B Y

9. Benefits to taking this course Teachers: Learn how to carry out an oral history project in your classroom Appreciate the added value of primary source focused learning e.g. direct connection, deepened content knowledge, excitement, empathy, etc. Envision a means of engaging students in higher-order critical thinking Become familiar with the vast array of teacher resources at the LOC Librarians: Learn about primary source digital libraries at the LOC Be able to direct students towards an array of primary source content Administrators: Become familiar with current instructional and learning strategies Become familiar with LOC related professional development opportunities

10. A Vision of Students Today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

11. A Vision of Students Today Quotes 0:11 Today’s child is bewildered when he enters the 19th century environment that still characterizes the educational establishment where information is scarce but ordered and structured by fragmented, classified patterns subjects and schedules. –Marshall McLuhan, 1967 3:57 "The inventor of the [chalkboard] system deserves to be ranked among the best contributors to learning and science, if not the greatest benefactors of mankind." —Josiah F. Bumstead, 1841 This short video summarizes some of the most important characteristics of students today - how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and what kinds of changes they will experience in their lifetime” – Michael Wesch, 2007

12. Primary vs. Secondary Sources

13. A Primary Source is… one obtained by, coming from, or being a direct personal observation or experience. Is Secondary Source is… one created using information provided by someone else (i.e., using someone’s recollection to create the item). What are some examples of each? Primary vs. Secondary Sources

14. Primary Sources Art Clothing Artifacts Autobiographies Diaries Interviews Journals Letters Music News footage Newspapers Photographs Poetry Post-it notes Speeches Coins Case reports Etc. Secondary Sources Textbooks Encyclopedias Dictionaries Biographies Documentaries Monographs Primary vs. Secondary Sources

15. Why use Primary Sources in the classroom? 1. Creativity and critical thinking (e.g. Bloom) 2. Bring life to historical events 3. Multiple perspectives 4. Empathy building 5. Excites students 6. Deepens content 7. Technological aspects

16. Where can I find digital primary sources & lesson plans?

17. In a digital library! Is it an institution? Is it a piece of technology? Is it a website? Let’s look at a traditional library definition first

18. What is a traditional library? A building where books are kept Collection & organization of materials Provides preservation of materials and access to them An authority on information

19. What is a Digital Library? A digital library is an organized collection of digital information A collection of “digital objects,” including items that are “born digital” Has unique methods for storage, searching, and retrieving those digital objects Has unique methods for selecting, organizing, maintaining, and preserving the collection Can be a library without walls A modern way of dealing with knowledge in an information society / connected age. Extra features: pronunciation guides, 3-D rotations, “interactives.”

20. The LOC’s 13 Digital Collections

21. Historical Reading Strategies Sourcing Consider a document's attribution (both its author and how the document came into being). Contextualizing Situate the document and events it reports in place and time. Corroborating Check important details across multiple sources to determine points of agreement and disagreement. Close Reading Read carefully to consider what a source says and the language used to say it. Primary Source Analysis Model by Dr. Daisy Martin, TPS @ Stanford University