Washington DC - ReAnna Laney

I’m participating in the Library of Congress’ Summer Institute in Washington, D.C. In the institutes, Library of Congress education specialists will instruct participants in the best practices for using primary sources with a world focus in the K-12 classroom, while helping them explore some of the millions of digitized primary sources available on the Library's Web site.


All sessions will expose participants to a wide variety of primary sources from the Library's collections. I will be able to work with teachers from around the country to explore methods for effectively integrating primary sources into classroom activities.


After participating in the Summer Teacher Institutes, I 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 Project Plan that will be implemented in the participant's instructional setting.