Collier, J. (1943). Trampas, New Mexico. Juan Lopez, the majordomo (mayor), cannot read English, but pictures of other lands and maps of the world fascinate him. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Black-and-white negatives

Collier, J. (1943). Trampas, New Mexico. Juan Lopez, the majordomo (mayor), cannot read English, but pictures of other lands and maps of the world fascinate him. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Black-and-white negatives

Overview

Participants explore the Best Instructional Practice of Literacy Instruction through developing a model activity using a specific literacy strategy (pre-, during, or post reading), Investigative Question, Understanding Goal, and a collection of primary sources. Participants work as research patrons in American Memory to create a multi-format collection of primary sources related to an Understanding Goal. Participants describe accurately the administrative requirements of the Learn with Primary Sources Workshop Series and the Primary Source Learning Experience Collection process including: design, implement, submit for peer review, and apply for possible publishing.

Performance Tasks

  • Recognize Literacy Instruction in terms of Information Literacy as the ability to search across a variety of formats to locate the best information for the current task.
  • Identify pre-, during, and post reading comprehension strategies and use those strategies to create student analysis tools to understand text, including words, numbers, and images in print or digital form.
  • Use strategies for searching the American Memory Collection including how to locate collections of interest and specific items.
  • Save the permanent URL, title, and bibliographic information for primary sources including thumb nail image.
  • Identify LOC.gov research goals.
  • Understand the expectations of a Library of Congress Ambassador for Learning.

Understanding Goal Understanding Goal

Primary source documents are learning tools when read, analyzed, and interpreted.

These terms are defined in this process as:

  • Read - being the ability to understanding the message.
  • Analyze - asking and hypothesizing what might this mean considering context and purpose.
  • Interpret - synthesizing how this information connects with previous knowledge and experiences.

Investigative Question Investigative Question

How does primary source analysis make students better readers?

Knowledge

  • Literacy skills, including before, during, and after reading strategies are required to read and interpret primary sources in different media.
  • Analysis tools often use reading strategies help readers draw meaning from primary sources.
  • American Memory contains multiple collections in a variety of formats that lend themselves to interdisciplinary learning.
  • Primary sources are used within a historical context.
  • Search strategies to locate items in American Memory and bibliographic records.

Skills

  • Identify literacy strategies to comprehend primary sources in different media.
  • Use search strategies to locate items in American Memory and bibliographic records.