Retired Billings elementary school librarian Ruth Ferris recently shared this website from the University of the Arts on teaching with primary sources.
The TPS-UArts downloadable Teacher Resource Guides cover a range of arts-based topics and historical contexts. The guides are designed to help K-12 teachers incorporate arts-based primary resources into dynamic, cross-curricular classroom experiences. Each guide includes hands-on classroom projects, discussion prompts, and examples of ways to use the guides with Common Core Standards and National Core Arts Standards.
I was particularly intrigued by
- The Power of the Poster: Connecting WPA Posters from the Library of Congress to Local Collections,
- Igniting Inquiry: Using Compelling Arts-based Primary Sources to Inspire Student Writing Across Disciplines,
- Amplifying Our Voices Through Music, and
- The City as a Primary Source: Connecting Historical Primary Sources and the City (even though the city they focus on is Philadelphia, I think the projects are interesting.)
Do you have a great lesson plan/resource you think is worth sharing? Send it my way!
P.S. For art as a primary-source lessons closer to home, check out the Montana Historical Society's Integrating Art and History Lesson Plans.
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