Primary Source Designs for Learning Handbook

Part III: Design Primary Source Learning Experiences

Part III helps educators use the primary sources found at LOC.gov through the explorations of Part I and Part II to promote learning. By field testing existing Learning Experiences and submitting new designs to the Learning Experience Collection, educators collaborate to increase the quality of the instructional materials available and provide recommendations to increase student learning based on real student work and responses. Part III contains definitions and philosophy used in the Primary Source Learning Experience Collection and practical help for designing primary source-based Learning Experiences.

Library of Congress PATRON ACTIONS	VISITOR	RESEARCHER Visitor skills, plus:	DOCENT Visitor and Researcher skills, plus:
Uses primary sources "Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman College. A student studying the world globe in the library" Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division	Uses primary sources to illustrate curricular topics, build context or background knowledge, generate thinking, and make connections with students.	Implements Learning Experiences that ask students to read and analyze primary sources and to use evidence from primary sources to support a hypothesis related to the school district/state curriculum.	Implements Learning Experiences that ask students to consider multiple perspectives through analysis of primary sources and to use primary sources to create new understandings related to a discipline and the school district/state curriculum.