Connecting the Dots with Primary Sources

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Connecting the Dots with Primary Sources

• Nik RobertsTeaching with Primary SourcesCollege
  of Education and Human Services
• California University of Pennsylvania

roberts_n_at_cup.edu 724- 938-6022 Keystone 112
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What this Summer Academy has covered so far

• Learning Theories Intellectual Development
• Outcome recognize how people learn
• Attitudes, expectations, behaviors of
  Millennials
• Outcome understand the new generation of
  students
• Social media technologies
• Outcome help bridge the digital divide meet
  students where they are at
• Current pedagogy instructional frameworks
• Outcome provide more inclusive instruction

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Did You Know? 2.0
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Thats all Good

• But

Whats Missing?
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Put Another Way

• What elsebesides the knowledge of (1)
  psychological learning theories (2) millennial
  culture and thinking (3) social media
  technologies and, (4) pedagogy and instructional
  methodsdo you need in order to effectively reach
  millennials in your courses?

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Clue what is missing is this stuff...
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Content!!!
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Broad Typologies of Source Materials

• Primary Sources
• Secondary Sources
• ?Tertiary Sources

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Whats the difference between primary
secondary sources?
A Primary Source is a source coming from direct
personal experience or observation. (You may also
hear the raw pieces of history).
A Secondary Source is a source created by using
information provided by someone else (e.g., using
someones Recollection to recreate the item).
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Examples of Material Types

• Secondary Sources
• Textbooks
• Encyclopedias
• Biographies
• Documentaries
• Monographs
• Dictionaries
• Etc.

• Primary Sources
• Art
• Clothing
• Artifacts
• Autobiographies
• Diaries
• Interviews
• Journals
• Letters
• Music
• Raw video footage
• Photographs
• Poetry
• Speeches
• Coins
• Case reports
• Post-it notes
• Text messages
• etc.

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Why Teachwith Primary Source Content?

• Helps to bridge the digital divide
• Deepens content knowledge
• Exposure to multiple perspectives
• Builds critical thinking skills
• Encourages creativity
• Builds empathy for the human condition
• Excites students about material

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Pedagogical Implications
Original Rough Draught of the Declaration of
Independence and the adopted Declaration of
Independence (1776)
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Okay, Im sold, but where can I find digital
primary source content for my courses?
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The Library of Congress
The Worlds Largest Library30 miles of
bookshelves 140 million items 29 million books
and other printed materials 2.7 million
recordings 12 million photographs 4.8 million
maps 57 million manuscripts 2,200 new items each
day 13 million digitized items
MISSION To make its resources available and
useful to the Congress and the American people
and to sustain and preserve a universal
collection of knowledge and creativity for future
generations.
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Millennials Addressed The Librarian of Congress
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v2L2XwWq4_BY
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LOC Digital Collection Walkthru
http//www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html
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Using the Library of Congress (loc.gov)
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American Memory
http//memory.loc.gov/
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Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC)
http//www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html
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And now

• Lets back away from the Library of Congress
  website and see how they are integrating social
  media and primary source content on the web in
  general.

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Google Image Search the LOC!
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Blogging
http//loctps.wordpress.com/
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Digital Storytelling
Food Guides, Annette Clay and Janet Mizikar
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Flickr
http//www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/
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Facebook
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LOC YouTube Channel
http//www.youtube.com/user/LibraryOfCongress
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Social Bookmarking
Our Del.icio.us site http//delicious.com/TPS_CUP

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Library Thing
http//www.librarything.com/catalog/TPS_CUP
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LOC TPS Resources Page(click to download
worksheet)
Main LinksLibrary of Congress Main Page
http//www.loc.govTeaching with Primary Sources
program http//www.loc.gov/teachers/tps/ The
Learning Page http//memory.loc.gov/learn
myLOC http//myloc.gov American Memory
http//memory.loc.gov Prints and Photographs
Online Catalog (PPOC) http//www.loc.gov/rr/print
/catalog.htmlRare Childrens Literature (and
more) http//www.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/digitalcoll/
Exhibitions http//www.loc.gov/exhibits
Citing Digital Primary Sources
http//www.loc.gov/teachers/usingprimarysources/ci
ting.html Global Gateway http//international.lo
c.gov/intldl/intldlhome.html Thomas (legal
collection) http//thomas.loc.gov/ World
Digital Library http//www.wdl.org Social
Media Webcasts (lectures and talks)
http//www.loc.gov/today/cyberic/ LOC YouTube
Channel http//www.youtube.com/LibraryOfCongress
LOC Flickr Photostream http//www.flickr.com/ph
otos/library_of_congress/
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TPS _at_ Cal U www.cup.edu/education/aam
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Thank You!!! Any Questions?

• Nik RobertsTeaching with Primary SourcesCollege
  of Education and Human Services
• California University of Pennsylvania

roberts_n_at_cup.edu 724- 938-6022 Keystone 112