Teaching with Primary Sources at Quincy University

Upcoming Workshops

BASIC SERIES WORKSHOPS (1-6)

Illinois schools and school districts (both public and private) who have at least 5 teachers interested in participating can be scheduled for on-site training. Please submit a Goup Workshop Request Form (found below).

**REGISTRATION**

Workshop Descriptions

BASIC WORKSHOP SERIES

This series covers the content of the six basic workshops series described below. By participating in this series, participants will complete the requirements for the Level One aspect of the program and receive 24 CPDU Hours at no cost. Through the completion of a inquiry based lesson plan using primary sources from the Library of Congress, participants can opt for 3 Graduate Credits for the reduced tuition fee of $90 instead of the CPDU hours.

Participants can take the workshop series as a designated location listed above or a school district can schedule it's own private session. School districts can setup private sessions at no cost to teachers in the central western Illinois area as long as they have a group of 3 - 24 teachers committed to complete the series. The sessions can scheduled at a time and place that is convenient to the teachers by submitting a Group Workshop Request Form. Individual teachers can also request to be notified when a workshop is available in their area by submitting the Individual Interest Request Form.

WORKSHOP 1: Introduction to the Library of Congress (4 hours)
This workshop will introduce the students to the online resources from the Library of Congress. The Library of Congress provides many resources on their website that help enhance the classroom experience. Participants will learn how to navigate and search the website to locate resources within the hundreds of webcasts, millions of photographs and images, and the millions of primary source items including letters, maps, diaries, sound clips, motion pictures, and more.

WORKSHOP 2: Library of Congress, Primary Sources, and the Classroom (4 hours)
This workshop will delve further in the primary source materials available through the Library of Congress Web site. Participants will learn about finding materials in the Library of Congress American Memory Collections and about various methods of using primary sources to develop critical thinking skills within a variety of disciplines.

WORKSHOP 3: Inquiry Based Learning and Primary Sources (4 hours)
This workshop continues the adventure into the Library of Congress website. Students will learn creative ways that primary source materials can be used to help make the subject matter more interactive and help develop critical thinking skills within the classroom. During the workshop, students will learn about analysis of primary source sets, Constructed Response Questioning, and Document Based Questions (DBQ).

WORKSHOP 4: WebQuests and Primary Sources (4 hours)
This workshop will help participants to learn about WebQuests, how primary sources can be introduced to students through a WebQuest, and will create a basic WebQuest.

WORKSHOP 5: Multimedia and Primary Sources (4 hours)
This workshop will continue to teach various ways primary sources can be used in the classroom. During the workshop, participants will be led step-by-step in combining sounds and imagery through the development of a PowerPoint presentation.

WORKSHOP 6: Oral Histories/Interviewing and Primary Sources(4 hours)
The workshops covers how the use of oral histories and interviewing help bring concepts to life in the classroom. Participants will be introduced to the Veterans History Project and how conducting oral histories/interviews can enhance the classroom experience.

ACCELERATED TPS (8 hours)
For educators with prior experience in using primary sources in the classroom and have adequate experience with using the computer and accessing the Internet. Through this workshop, participants will be introduced to the Library of Congress online resources and various methods of using them in the classroom to develop higher level thinking abilities. Participants can either obtain free CPDU hours or receive 1 Graduate Credit for $90.

ADVANCED LEVEL TWO INSTITUTES FOR 2012

Sense of Place (Moline & Peoria) -- June 18 - 21

Slave vs. Free: Divided by the Mighty River (Quincy, Hannibal, & Springfield) -- TBA

Power of One (Quincy & Springfield) -- June 22, 25, 26, & 27

Technology & Primary Sources (Quincy & Springfield) -- August 6 - 9

Past Level II Institutes

A SENSE OF PLACE: PRESERVING, WORKING, & CELEBRATING OUR LAND, July 19, 20/21, 22, & 29, 2010 -- Springfield/Quincy
Explore American’s relationship to the land through the lenses of history, environmental science, language arts, fine arts and culture. You’ll delve into rich primary sources from the Library of Congress and connect them to local and regional aspects of conservation, farming, along with oral histories, fictional stories, and traditional music, and arts.

A WEEK WITH MARK TWAIN, June 21, 22, 23, & 24, 2010 -- Quincy, IL/Hannibal, MO
A professional development experience studying the life, times, and writings of Mark Twain in his boyhood town of Hannibal, Missouri and developing an inquiry-based lesson plan using the online primary sources from the Library of Congress.

Learning with Lincoln Institute, June 15, 17, 19, & 26, 2009 -- Springfield

Bringing Illinois's hero to life across various subject areas through the use of primary sources. On the first day, TPS participants from Eastern Illinois University, Southern Illinois University -- Edwardsville, and Quincy University will meet together in Springfield to start learning about where this famous hero got his professional start. The adventure will continue as the Quincy University group will visit various Lincoln related sites in conjunction with studying the Abraham Lincoln materials available from the Library of Congress digitized collections.

Illinois History Fair, June 22 - 25, 2009 -- Quincy

Help your students make history an active learning process through coaching them in constructing a project for the QU History Fair, Regional History Fair, Illinois State History Fair, and possibly even the National History Day fair. Too many students feel that history is a "dry" subject. By constructing a history fair project, the students are no longer bystanders in the learning process but they learn to "do history" as they learn to analyze primary source materials, develop their own opinions, and present what they learned in an interesting presentation. Learn about the various categories of projects, the process for entering a project, available primary sources both locally and via the Internet, and tips for developing an outstanding project.

Making Literature Come Alive with Primary Sources, July 13 - 16, 2009-- Quincy University, Quincy, IL

This year’s Teaching with Primary Sources Literature Summer Institute will be helping teachers to enhance the learning of literature through the use of primary sources. As the students analyze primary sources that have to do with the life of the author, events that effected life while the literature was being penned, and localities and events contained within the literature, the story become part of the life of the students and they begin to live the story. As examples, participants will visit Hannibal and experience Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, take a look at Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and learn 19th century history through the study of its literature.

Veterans History Project, July 27 - 31, 2009 -- Quincy University, Quincy, IL

There are 19 million veterans living in the United States today, men and women who have lived extraordinary lives. Each of these men and women has a unique story to tell. With the lost of at least 1,500 veterans a day, we are losing an important aspect of our history with each veteran that has not told his or her story. Implementing the Veterans History Project is a great way to help develop research, questioning, and communication skills, Participation in the project will also play a major role in preserving the memories of the men and women of our area that have devoted at least a potion of their lives to liberties and freedoms of our country and of the world. During the first day, teachers will be introduced to the project. During days two thru five, participants are allowed to bring one to two students (not required but will be a great experience) to go through the process of meeting the veteran, conducting research, developing interview questions, and concluding with conducting the actual interview.


	Upcoming Workshops BASIC SERIES WORKSHOPS (1-6) Illinois schools and school districts (both public and private) who have at least 5 teachers interested in participating can be scheduled for on-site training. Please submit a Goup Workshop Request Form (found below). REGISTRATION Workshop Descriptions BASIC WORKSHOP SERIES This series covers the content of the six basic workshops series described below. By participating in this series, participants will complete the requirements for the Level One aspect of the program and receive 24 CPDU Hours at no cost. Through the completion of a inquiry based lesson plan using primary sources from the Library of Congress, participants can opt for 3 Graduate Credits for the reduced tuition fee of $90 instead of the CPDU hours. Participants can take the workshop series as a designated location listed above or a school district can schedule it's own private session. School districts can setup private sessions at no cost to teachers in the central western Illinois area as long as they have a group of 3 - 24 teachers committed to complete the series. The sessions can scheduled at a time and place that is convenient to the teachers by submitting a Group Workshop Request Form. Individual teachers can also request to be notified when a workshop is available in their area by submitting the Individual Interest Request Form. WORKSHOP 1: Introduction to the Library of Congress (4 hours) This workshop will introduce the students to the online resources from the Library of Congress. The Library of Congress provides many resources on their website that help enhance the classroom experience. Participants will learn how to navigate and search the website to locate resources within the hundreds of webcasts, millions of photographs and images, and the millions of primary source items including letters, maps, diaries, sound clips, motion pictures, and more. WORKSHOP 2: Library of Congress, Primary Sources, and the Classroom (4 hours) This workshop will delve further in the primary source materials available through the Library of Congress Web site. Participants will learn about finding materials in the Library of Congress American Memory Collections and about various methods of using primary sources to develop critical thinking skills within a variety of disciplines. **WORKSHOP 3: Inquiry Based Learning and Primary Sources (4 hours) This workshop continues the adventure into the Library of Congress website. Students will learn creative ways that primary source materials can be used to help make the subject matter more interactive and help develop critical thinking skills within the classroom. During the workshop, students will learn about analysis of primary source sets, Constructed Response Questioning, and Document Based Questions (DBQ). WORKSHOP 4: WebQuests and Primary Sources (4 hours) This workshop will help participants to learn about WebQuests, how primary sources can be introduced to students through a WebQuest, and will create a basic WebQuest. WORKSHOP 5: Multimedia and Primary Sources (4 hours) This workshop will continue to teach various ways primary sources can be used in the classroom. During the workshop, participants will be led step-by-step in combining sounds and imagery through the development of a PowerPoint presentation. WORKSHOP 6: Oral Histories/Interviewing and Primary Sources(4 hours) The workshops covers how the use of oral histories and interviewing help bring concepts to life in the classroom. Participants will be introduced to the Veterans History Project and how conducting oral histories/interviews can enhance the classroom experience. ACCELERATED TPS (8 hours) For educators with prior experience in using primary sources in the classroom and have adequate experience with using the computer and accessing the Internet. Through this workshop, participants will be introduced to the Library of Congress online resources and various methods of using them in the classroom to develop higher level thinking abilities. Participants can either obtain free CPDU hours or receive 1 Graduate Credit for $90. ADVANCED LEVEL TWO INSTITUTES FOR 2012 Sense of Place (Moline & Peoria) -- June 18 - 21 Slave vs. Free: Divided by the Mighty River (Quincy, Hannibal, & Springfield) -- TBA Power of One (Quincy & Springfield) -- June 22, 25, 26, & 27 Technology & Primary Sources (Quincy & Springfield) -- August 6 - 9 Past Level II Institutes A SENSE OF PLACE: PRESERVING, WORKING, & CELEBRATING OUR LAND, July 19, 20/21, 22, & 29, 2010 -- Springfield/Quincy Explore American’s relationship to the land through the lenses of history, environmental science, language arts, fine arts and culture. You’ll delve into rich primary sources from the Library of Congress and connect them to local and regional aspects of conservation, farming, along with oral histories, fictional stories, and traditional music, and arts. A WEEK WITH MARK TWAIN, June 21, 22, 23, & 24, 2010 -- Quincy, IL/Hannibal, MO A professional development experience studying the life, times, and writings of Mark Twain in his boyhood town of Hannibal, Missouri and developing an inquiry-based lesson plan using the online primary sources from the Library of Congress. Learning with Lincoln Institute, June 15, 17, 19, & 26, 2009 -- Springfield Bringing Illinois's hero to life across various subject areas through the use of primary sources. On the first day, TPS participants from Eastern Illinois University, Southern Illinois University -- Edwardsville, and Quincy University will meet together in Springfield to start learning about where this famous hero got his professional start. The adventure will continue as the Quincy University group will visit various Lincoln related sites in conjunction with studying the Abraham Lincoln materials available from the Library of Congress digitized collections. Illinois History Fair, June 22 - 25, 2009 -- Quincy Help your students make history an active learning process through coaching them in constructing a project for the QU History Fair, Regional History Fair, Illinois State History Fair, and possibly even the National History Day fair. Too many students feel that history is a "dry" subject. By constructing a history fair project, the students are no longer bystanders in the learning process but they learn to "do history" as they learn to analyze primary source materials, develop their own opinions, and present what they learned in an interesting presentation. Learn about the various categories of projects, the process for entering a project, available primary sources both locally and via the Internet, and tips for developing an outstanding project. Making Literature Come Alive with Primary Sources, July 13 - 16, 2009-- Quincy University, Quincy, IL** This year’s Teaching with Primary Sources Literature Summer Institute will be helping teachers to enhance the learning of literature through the use of primary sources. As the students analyze primary sources that have to do with the life of the author, events that effected life while the literature was being penned, and localities and events contained within the literature, the story become part of the life of the students and they begin to live the story. As examples, participants will visit Hannibal and experience Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, take a look at Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and learn 19th century history through the study of its literature. Veterans History Project, July 27 - 31, 2009 -- Quincy University, Quincy, IL There are 19 million veterans living in the United States today, men and women who have lived extraordinary lives. Each of these men and women has a unique story to tell. With the lost of at least 1,500 veterans a day, we are losing an important aspect of our history with each veteran that has not told his or her story. Implementing the Veterans History Project is a great way to help develop research, questioning, and communication skills, Participation in the project will also play a major role in preserving the memories of the men and women of our area that have devoted at least a potion of their lives to liberties and freedoms of our country and of the world. During the first day, teachers will be introduced to the project. During days two thru five, participants are allowed to bring one to two students (not required but will be a great experience) to go through the process of meeting the veteran, conducting research, developing interview questions, and concluding with conducting the actual interview.