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| SKILL Modules |
Online Searching:
the Internet & the LOC
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Are you getting lost on the information
highway? Do you need help finding quality sources to present
to students? Are you prepared to teach students how to search
online? Learn how to efficiently and effectively search
the Internet using basic and advanced techniques. Then learn
tips and tricks for searching the Library of Congress (LOC)
to uncover a treasure trove of primary sources. |
Primary Sources
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Much more than traditional textbooks,
primary sources bring information to life and encourage
us to think more deeply and broadly about our world. Review
the different types of primary sources and the benefits
they provide students. Then learn how to use primary sources
from the LOC and other institutions to enrich the classroom
experience.
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Project-Based Learning
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How do we effectively teach the new skills
needed in the Knowledge Age? Project-based learning is one
method being implemented in forward-thinking schools around
the country. Gain access to current research and information
about the benefits of project-based learning, as well as
strategies for incorporating project-based learning into
the classroom. |
Using the LOC
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Explore the vast online resources available from the Library of Congress (LOC).
Access millions of primary sources, search legislative information, discover international resources, and more!
Then learn how you can use these resources to engage and energize students. |
| PROJECT PREP Modules |
American Memory & Me Birthday Project
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This module prepares you
to to acquaint students with primary sources and the LOC's digitized collections.
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Digital Stories of Our Heroes
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This module prepares you to use digital
storytelling to bring history to life for students and the
community. |
Monumental Men
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This module prepares you to assist students
as they objectively and subjectively analyze primary source images, contemplate what it means to be presidential, and
determine what qualities and accomplishments make someone worthy of a lasting tribute. |
Photos & Perspectives of the Civil War
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This module prepares you to develop students'
critical thinking skills through photographic analysis using
the digital primary-source collections at the Library of
Congress. |
Presidential Portraits
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This module prepares you to assist students
as they objectively and subjectively analyze primary source images, contemplate what it means to be presidential, and
create their own presidential portraits. |
Print Advertising Across the Centuries
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This module prepares you to encourage students
students to use their natural curiosity about the similarities between the past, present, and future to analyze and
compare and contrast historical, contemporary, and hypothetical print advertisements of the future. |
The Star Spangled Banner: The Story & the Song
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This module prepares
you to use primary-source, multimedia presentations and hands-on, engaging
creative activities to help students learn the lyrics to our national anthem while also broadening their
understanding of key events in our nation's history. |
| INSTRUCTIONS for Completing the Online Modules |
