Teaching with Primary Sources - Mississippi

The annual Fall Teacher Workshop is November 7, 2024. Some presenters this year include University of Southern Mississippi professor Andrew Wiest, Ph.D., and staff from the Eudora Welty House & Garden. Registration will open on August 12 and close October 25. Only 100 slots are available so register early and secure your spot!
For more information, contact [email protected].

This issue of the Library of Congress magazine had several interesting resources/articles. In particular, with election season coming up, there is a discussion of the origin of the term "gerrymandering" (p. 4).

Other content includes:
Saving the Sounds of History
Don't miss out on this cover story about specialists at the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center working to preserve the audio heritage of America in the July/August issue of the Library of Congress Magazine. Take a peek at the many articles of interest.
• Capturing the Airwaves—preserving the history of radio broadcasting
• Metal Music—capturing historical sounds on metal master discs
• Last Word with Chuck D—sharing thoughts on the history and future of hip-hop music
• Postcards from America—illuminating turn-of-the-century U.S. through "real photo" cards
• North America's First Bible—resurrecting an extinct Native language through a translation
• Love and Intrigue at Princeton—revealing Albert Einstein's brief affair with Margarita Konenkova through a small set of letters
• The Way to Mecca—pointing the faithful to Islam's holiest site with a rare qiblah compass
• Curator's Picks—highlighting baseball treasures

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June 17 - 9:30-3:50 Central Time
A More Perfect Union: Rethinking the Gilded Age & Progressivisms - Virtual 1-day conference
Examine race, capitalism, & democracy – and Emerging America on disability
Includes scholar talks, presentations by teachers, and curriculum and other teaching resources

FREE thanks to a grant from the NEH

Put on by the Chicago History Museum, Loyola, University of Illinois at Chicago, PBS, Library of Congress, and National History Day, and Emerging America
including: Emerging America on disability

RSVP for Virtual Conference "A More Perfect Union: Exploring America’s Story in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era" Date: Monday, June 17, 2024 Time: 9:30 a.m. to 3:50 p.m. Central time This event will be held on Zoom. Questions? Email [email protected] or [email protected]

🌟 New! 3 1-CEU Credit Courses - Open Enrollment -

🌟 New! 3 1-CEU Credit Courses - Open Enrollment

TPSM Fall Event 2023 PROGRAM with links.pdf

Join us today for our PD event!

Here is the link to the program and the WebEx links!

TPSM Fall Event 2023 PROGRAM with links.pdf

Register here: https://forms.gle/hMsdTeTL3nb4huQg8

Virtual Fall PD Event - Teaching with Primary Sources Mississippi - 2023 TPS Mississippi will be hosting a virtual professional development event focused on teaching with primary sources. Saturday - August 26, 2023 - 9-3:30 pm (Via WebEx) Learn about teaching with primary sources from the Library of Congress and other resources for teaching with primary sources. Particip...

We loved working with you both!

On our last day of the first summer institute, participants shared the lessons they have been working on all week, using the new strategies they have learned. It has been a great week!

We sent out the program to those registered for tomorrow's event. If you didn't receive it, please use this link to access the agenda, links to meetings, etc.

www.msstatetps.org

The program for Saturday's PD event will go out via email this afternoon. We had a little change in the program and are updating the schedule currently. We are so excited to see you all this Saturday!

Our friends at Southern Miss have a great opportunity for professional learning if you are a geography teacher.

If you are interested, complete this interest survey: https://una.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aYiHihrxRFWqTbM

The deadline to apply for our summer institutes (Certified Educator, Advanced Educator, and Online Certified Educator) is April 1. Please share widely. You can find the links for registration under events.

MDAH has 2 upcoming programs that might be of interest:

The MDAH 2022 Spring Teachers Workshop, April 22-23, 2022, is a partnership with National History Day and is a two-day workshop with a $250 travel stipend.

This two-day workshop in April 2022, hosted by National History Day director of programs Lynne O’Hara, will introduce teachers to Library of Congress’ Guide to Student Research and Historical Argumentation. The guide’s strategies include choosing and analyzing primary sources, constructing a thesis, and synthesizing research into a project. In addition, attendees will be given time to explore the Two Mississippi Museums during the workshop and a peek at the 2023 NHD theme, Frontiers in History: Successes, Failures, Consequences. Apply by March 15, 2022: https://www.mdah.ms.gov/2022springworkshop

The Great Migration Summer Teacher Institute, July 18-22, 2022, is a partnership with the Mississippi Museum of Art and is a five-day workshop with a $500 stipend for Mississippi teachers.
Here is the link to find out more information and to apply for each workshop: https://www.mdah.ms.gov/professional-development

The application deadline for the Great Migration Summer Teacher Institute is Monday, February 28! Offered by Mississippi Department of Archives & History and Mississippi Museum of Art, this week-long institute in July 2022 will engage teachers in the exploration of the Great Migration-related special exhibitions and time period, as well as ideas about public memory, self-determination, and resilience.

Teachers from Mississippi, as well as Baltimore, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and other cities where Mississippians settled during the Great Migration will receive priority. Learn more and apply here: https://www.mdah.ms.gov/greatmigration/teacherinstitute

MDAH 2022 Spring Teachers Workshop | Mississippi Department of Archives & History Some of our archives are viewable online; others, only in person. Explore all the ways MDAH can empower you to find, preserve, and share your Mississippi stories.

If you signed up for our Saturday, January 29th PD event, here is the schedule! We will email links to each of the sessions early next week. We will be using WebEx for our meetings.

One of our partners, The Right Question Institute is offering a free online course in February, "Teaching Students to Ask Their Own Primary Source Questions." The deadline to register is January 27. It is highly recommended by one of our speakers for our Jan. 29th event and we love their work at TPSM.

https://rightquestion.org/primary-sources-course-information/

Primary Sources Course Information - Right Question Institute 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 lea...

We have moved our Winter PD to virtual only. If you registered for face-to-face, we apologize and have moved your registration to be included with virtual participants. You should have received an email with this information.

We will send information to those who have registered with log on information before the event!

Also, we are still accepting registrations so feel free to share with friends and colleagues!

https://forms.gle/2kV4H5QJzXYXZncY9

Teachers join us online in January for PD and some free CEUs!

Teaching with Primary Sources - Mississippi is excited to share a winter professional development opportunity taking place at Mississippi State University. TPS will be offering a one-day hybrid event on Saturday, January 29, 2022. They have space for up to 50 participants face-to-face and unlimited participants online.

This event will provide .6 CEUs at no-cost. See more details on the registration form. Speakers will be both face-to-face and virtual.

Sign up for the face-to-face workshop at https://forms.gle/8wT9kNk694dWi9UH6 and for the virtual workshop at https://forms.gle/TGhejk59hyQLEB6c8

Teaching with Primary Sources - Mississippi is excited to share a winter professional development opportunity taking place at Mississippi State University. TPS will be offering a one-day hybrid event on Saturday, January 29, 2022. They have space for up to 50 participants face-to-face and unlimited participants online.

This event will provide .6 CEUs at no-cost. See more details on the registration form. Speakers will be both face-to-face and virtual.

Sign up for the face-to-face workshop at https://forms.gle/8wT9kNk694dWi9UH6 and for the virtual workshop at https://forms.gle/TGhejk59hyQLEB6c8

The Right Question Institute is offering a fall version of its online course, Teaching Students to Ask Their Own Primary Source Questions, and is looking for more participants. One of our participants took the course last spring and am is now helping to facilitate the course and would love to se emore Mississippi teachers represented.

The registration deadline is October 19. The course runs from October 26 to November 23. Participants will learn how to navigate the Library of Congress's online resources, how to teach their students to ask questions using the Question Formulation Technique, and how to teach with primary sources. I've included course links below:
Course information page: https://rightquestion.org/primary-sources-course-information/
Register link: https://rightquestion.org/online-course-registration/

Primary Sources Course Information - Right Question Institute 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 lea...

Check out our October newsletter! https://mailchi.mp/ea833c89d00d/april-newsletter-free-pd-more-primary-source-resources-5177954

October Newsletter - 🌐📢 ✨Winter Professional Development The New York Giants and New York Yankees played in the World Series in New York at the Polo Grounds. At the time, both teams played their home games at the Polo Grounds, but the next year the Yankees moved to the new Yankee Stadium. This World Series was notable in that it had the third and final ti...

Never forget.
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Interested in science and primary sources, check out or friends up north and their upcoming programming: https://cmse.olemiss.edu/steps/

STEPS - Center for Mathematics and Science Education Science Teaching with Embedded Primary Sources (STEPS) Project Help your students step back in time and explore the history of science through the Library of Congress’ collection of primary sources. In this two-day, face-to-face workshop, participants will learn how to find, evaluate, and use hist...

I cannot say enough about you the wonderful week we had with such a great group of teachers. You all were such a joy to work with this week and we hope you learned a lot. We can’t wait to hear what you do with what you learned. Best, Nicole, Paul, and Kenny

Need some help from our TPS MS friends:

I have some pages from a MS studies textbook- 4th grade. I want to know which textbook and which edition. Anyone know?

https://www.greenvilleps.ms.schools.bz/userfiles/253/my%20files/ocotber%2012-16,%202020%20social%20studies.pdf?id=14253

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