Each year the Library of Congress provides the opportunity for
K-12 educators to attend one of its Summer Teacher Institutes in
Washington, D.C. During the five-day institutes, participants
work with Library of Congress education specialists to learn
best practices for using primary sources in the K-12 classroom,
while exploring some of the millions of digitized primary
sources available on the Library’s Web site. After participating
in the Summer Teacher Institutes, participants will: - Know how
to access primary sources from the Library of Congress. - Become
skilled at analyzing primary sources of different formats. -
Learn various teaching strategies for using primary sources in
the classroom. - Be able to successfully facilitate a primary
source-based activity with students. - Gain knowledge of how to
use primary sources to enable students to be engaged, think
critically and construct knowledge. - Develop a Primary Source
Activity Plan that will be implemented in the participant’s
instructional setting. T