NCSS invites methods professors to free TPS Professional Learning Institute this summer.

The NCSS Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Summer Institute brings together social studies methods professors from across the NCSS membership to pilot chapters from two online methods texts currently under development:

  • Inquiry and Teaching with Primary Sources to Prepare Students for College, Career, and Civic Life (Elementary K-6 Edition)

  • and Inquiry and Teaching with Primary Sources to Prepare Students for College, Career, and Civic Life (Secondary 6-12 Edition).

These texts are a project of the NCSS and Library of Congress and generously supported by the Library through the Teaching with Primary Sources grant.

Agenda Overview

Thursday, June 16 (8:30 - 5:00 PM): a high-level overview of the project, introduction of sample chapters from methods texts for instructional use with pre-service teachers, and in-depth how-to teach with primary sources for the Library of Congress using the online methods texts under development.

Friday, June 17 (8:30 - 5:00 PM): construct model curriculum inquiries using text chapters on how to teach with primary sources from the Library’s vast digital collections

All Times Central.

Attendees will:

  • Receive a high-level overview and explore the use of each text under development

  • Learn how to construct social studies inquiries using digital primary sources from the Library of Congress

  • Create model curriculum inquiries using sections of the draft texts

  • Provide critical insights towards enhancing each text prior to their final online publication

Facilitators

Ilene R. Berson Ph.D., Michael Berson, Ph.D. Tina M. Ellsworth, Ph.D., and Cheryl Lederle.

TPS Project Leads

Scott M. Waring Ph.D., Vivian, Awumey, and Lawrence M. Paska, Ph.D., CAE.

Space is limited. Register Today!

Herbert Snow