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Teaching SCIENCE with primary sources

April 3, 2023

I've written before about the excellent materials and staff development put out by the Library of Congress for teaching with primary sources. I'm excited to report that they have had a science teacher on fellowship this year pulling together resources and activities to support science standards. They are offering 3 upcoming online seminars on using … Continue reading Teaching SCIENCE with primary sources

Teaching Primary Sources (in primary school!)

February 22, 2019

I usually highlight science opportunities on this blog, but I did a primary sources workshop with this organization a few years ago, and it was fantastic. I wanted to make this opportunity known in case there are elementary school teachers who want to improve their skills and knowledge of teaching with primary sources. See, Think, … Continue reading Teaching Primary Sources (in primary school!)

GREAT resource for teaching reading for academic texts

June 3, 2018June 3, 2018

I LOVE the work of the Reading Apprenticeship group (Schoenbach, et. al.). I was delighted to discover that they are now producing content modules, which are available online for free. These modules are similar to what I'm trying to do in my Once Upon a Science Books--they provide all the resources you need, with step-by-step … Continue reading GREAT resource for teaching reading for academic texts

Teaching with Primary Sources

October 6, 2016September 22, 2016

I usually post about science education, but I know some of my readers teach multiple subjects. I took one of these free, online courses with Waynesburg University several years ago in order to improve my ability to help all subject areas with content-area literacy. These courses help teachers locate primary sources from the online holdings … Continue reading Teaching with Primary Sources

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