Primary Source Minutes offer concise, actionable strategies from education experts within the Teaching with Primary Sources Consortium. Each strategy is paired with a short audio clip from the educator who uses it, explaining why the strategy is effective and why the primary source was chosen for the targeted student population. Explore the diverse ways primary sources can be used in your classroom with purposeful activities from the TPS Consortium.
Learn how Meghan Davisson, educator and curriculum developer with the Minnesota Historical Society, shares strategies for using historical maps in the classroom. https://youtu.be/5nnFfSO5MRM The Minnesota
Learn how Diana Laufenberg, Executive Director and Lead Teacher for Inquiry Schools, uses the front pages of historical newspapers from Chronicling America to help students
Learn how AnnMaria De Mars of 7 Generation Games distinguishes primary and secondary sources through the Lewis and Clark journals, statues, and other primary sources
Learn how Tammy Shreiner, Associate Professor of History at Grand Valley State University, uses Library of Congress primary sources to teach data literacy.
Learn how James Oigara, assistant professor at the Ella Cline Shear School of Education, describes using Lewis Hine’s historical photographs from the Library of Congress
Learn how to use the Primary Source Analysis Tool from the Library of Congress to analyze a political cartoon.