1. Adventure of An American Mind

3. National Digital Library Program Digitizing distinctive, historical Americana material from the collections of the Library of Congress

4. Adventure of An American Mind History of AAM Program North Carolina Congressman Charles Taylor

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6. Focus of the AAM Program …raise the comfort level of teachers in the use of technology...

7. Adventure of An American Mind Focus of the AAM Program …proficient creation and use of digitized resources …

8. Adventure of An American Mind Focus of the AAM Program …use of the digital primary resources found at the Library of Congress

9. Adventure of An American Mind South Carolina Congressman Jim DeMint

10. Adventure of An American Mind What are Primary Sources?

11. Adventure of An American Mind Primary Sources Actual records that have survived from the past Actual records that have survived from the past

12. Adventure of An American Mind Audio Clips & Movies awal 1396 urn:hdl:loc.mbrsmi/awal.1396 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/awal.1396 Sound Recording, Non-Music Part of a series of interviews made by John Henry Faulk, Austin, Texas, January or February 1942. Sound File Press for Video Clip `

13. Adventure of An American Mind Analyzing the Quality of Primary Sources 1. Time & Place Rule The closer in time and place a source and its creator were to an event in the past, the better the source will be.

14. Adventure of An American Mind 2. Bias Rule Every source is biased in some way. Analyzing the Quality of Primary Sources Activity

15. Adventure of An American Mind Primary Source Activity I Handout Handout Using Critical Thinking Skills – Analyzing Primary Source Materials Using Critical Thinking Skills – Analyzing Primary Source Materials Thinking About Primary Sources … Thinking About Primary Sources … Activity I In a small group, analyze the photo provided using the handouts. In a small group, analyze the photo provided using the handouts.

16. Adventure of An American Mind www.loc.gov LibraryofCongressOnlineResources

17. Adventure of An American Mind All information and digital sources are from the American Memory website http://memory.loc.gov

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19. Primary Source Activity II While on a family outing your wallet falls to the ground and slides under a large rock unnoticed. Fifty years in the future it’s found. From the documents in your wallet, what assumptions about you could the finder make? Analyzing the documents What documents are in your wallet? What facts can be gathered from the document? What are the documents for? How does the document relate to you? What does the existence of these document say about you? What does the existence of these document say about American life in this era? Use the “Using Critical Thinking Skills: Analyzing Primary Source Materials” handout to help you formulate questions and develop possible answers. Return

20. Adventure of An American Mind Introduction to Documents This evening, with the help of a family member or an adult who is close to you, look through the souvenirs of your life that have been saved as you have grown. For example, these might include a photograph, a letter, a diary, a newspaper clipping, a birth certificate, a report card, or a library or social security card. Select one item that you are willing to share with your classmates and teacher, and bring it to class. During your turn in class, present your document providing the following information: What type of document is this? What is the date of the document? Who created the document? How does the document relate to you? Consider, for your document and the documents of your classmates, responses to the following questions: What does the existence of this document say about whoever created it? What does the existence of this document say about whoever saved it? What does the existence of this document say about American life in this era?