"Teaching Students to Ask Their Own Primary Source Questions" Online Course

 Only last week, I said farewell for the summer--but then the folks at the Right Question Institute emailed me about this free opportunity that is too good not to share. I've been advocating teaching students how to ask questions for a long time now--and am thrilled that developing questions is one of the skills included in our new state social studies standards (SS.K12.1).  

The Right Question Institute can help you help your students master this essential skill. And they are doing it with primary sources! And it's free! And, if you email me a copy of your certificate at the end of the course, I'll be happy to issue a certificate for 12 OPI Renewal Units. 

Here's the Right Question's promo and link to registration:   

When studying primary sources, questions can act as both a magnifying glass and a telescope: They help us to see more clearly what is in front of us and then inspire us to look beyond. Learning how to ask questions is an essential skill that can transform the way students approach primary source learning. Join us for “Teaching Students to Ask Their Own Primary Source Questions”: a new, free online course developed in collaboration with, and made possible by, the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) program.  

This self-paced, four-week online course demonstrates how to combine the Question Formulation Technique with the primary source artifacts and teacher resources available at the Library of Congress to design and implement more effective, student-centered, inquiry-based primary source learning. Participants walk away with a peer reviewed lesson plan, a new community of educators, and pathways to extend their learning. The course opens week to week and requires approximately 12-16 hours of work total, or three to four hours of work per week. 

• Dates (self-paced): July 7 – August 4, 2021
• Registration deadline: June 30, 2021
• Learn more. 
• Register here. 

P.S. We still haven't awarded that final prize to the forty-eighth person to take the survey. Maybe it has your name on it!