1. Using Primary Sources EIWP Presentation Martinsville HS May 9, 2014

2. Resources • Primary Source Sets • Lesson Plans • Themed Resources EIU Teaching with Primary Sources • Primary Source Analysis Tools Library of Congress www.loc.gov

3. National Archives • Our Documents: 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives • Docs Teach: The National Archives Experience • Categorized by National History Standards Foundational and Seminal Documents

4. The Learning Network • Text to Text • 200 Prompts for Argumentative Writing • What’s Going on in this Picture? • Teaching with Infographics • Buzzfeed’s28 Maps that Will Teach You The Learning Network

5. Narratively--click on EXPLORE to search • Life on the Run—series of essays; PE • “Brooke Luu’s Stormy Journey Home”—literary journey; fleeing Vietnam/History • American Dreamless—series of essays; Gatsby • Google Magazines • Life Magazine February 8, 1960 Sources for Various Subjects

6. It’s No Laughing Matter: Analyzing Political Cartoons on Library of CongressProvides a set of lessons to practice using analysis tools. Library of Congress also provides political cartoons from throughout history (primary sources) • Daryl Cagle’s Political Cartoonists Index May be followed on Twitter or have a daily email sent • Cartoons for the Classroom New current event lesson every other week. • Cartoon Analysis Worksheet from National Archives Political Cartoons

7. the bombing: Alternate viewpoints of Boston bombing

8. Boston Bombing Contrasting Viewpoints

9. Art Museums online • Museum of Modern Art www.moma.org/modernteachers/--teacher resources (PDF downloads) www.moma.org/explore--online collections • Art Institute of Chicago (www.artic.edu/aic) Exhibitions Artwork Resource Packets (PDF downloads)--Teaching activities have IL Learning Standards (not CCSS) • National Gallery of Art (www.nga.gov/education/classroom) Online Interactive Lesson Units; for example, Heroes and Heroines with 5 works of art • Smithsonian American Art Museum (americanart.si.edu/education/resources/) Content Links—online exhibitions Teacher Guides--47 teacher resources with artwork; activities vary Example: “Telling Stories: Norman Rockwell” includes activities for various subjects PLUS a list of primary sources to pair with the artwork Art Museums Online

10. Help writing a thesis statement for ALL teachers: • FATT sentence (focus, author, title, text type) or TSAT sentence (text type, source, author, thesis): In the ____________________ “__________________________” (text type) (Title) by _____________________________, he/she ______________ (Author) (Focus) ___________________________________________________. **Strong verbs: expresses, discusses, states, disputes, persuades, suggests, advocates, challenges, focuses, supports, presents, emphasizes, provides, argues, claims, attacks, reflects, comments, describes, distinguishes, reveals, implies, refers, displays • Printfriendly.com Help