Guiding Principles for Reparative Description
Blog post from 2022 the 10th Archivist of the United States on reparative description
Inclusive Description | Society of American Archivists
Resources from the Society of American Archivists on how to handle harmful language that may appear in archives
List of statements on bias in library and archives description – Cataloging Lab
Information from various institutions about possible harmful language that may be found in archival materials and how the institution is handling that
TN History For Kids - Home
Tennessee Virtual Archive (TeVA)
Primary Sources and Personal Artifacts at the Library of Congress
This lesson plan introduces the practice of using primary sources; where to find primary sources, what they are, how to examine them, and how to construct a context to tell more of the story.
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Exploring Community Through Local History: Oral Stories, Landmarks and Traditions | Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress
Family Customs Past and Present: Exploring Cultural Rituals | Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress
Primary Sources and Personal Artifacts | Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress
Education Outreach: Digital Breakouts | A History of Tennessee Student Edition
Education Outreach: Early Learners | A History of Tennessee Student Edition
TRansforming Instruction in Undergraduate Mathematics via Primary Historical Sources (TRIUMPHS)
The TRIUMPHS project has created classroom materials designed to actively engage students in doing mathematics as they interact with the original writings of mathematicians from various world cultures and historical time periods. By carefully intertwining excerpts from those original writings with a series of intentionally designed tasks, these materials prompt students to act like mathematicians themselves – asking questions, interpreting ideas, exploring examples, conjecturing and proving theorems, and comparing multiple perspectives – as they build their own robust understanding of key mathematical concepts and methods.
Home - Free Educator Resources from the Feds - LibGuides at University of Memphis Libraries
This research guide presents free resources for educators hosted by United States government agencies RT @erynduffee: Amazing resource being presented by two staff members at U Memphis! #tnla19
Keeping Up With… Primary Source Literacy
Provides links and information about various aspects of using primary sources in the classroom
SAA Dictionary: archival silence
n. a gap in the historical record resulting from the unintentional or purposeful absence or distortion of documentation
TeachArchives.org
Based on an award-winning project at Brooklyn Historical Society, TeachArchives.org shares our teaching philosophy and findings with a global audience of instructors, administrators, librarians, archivists, and museum educators. Use this site to teach students ranging from middle school to graduate school.
Ethically Teaching Primary Sources that Reflect Histories of Violence, Hate, and Oppression
Because teaching with primary sources that reflect difficult and violent histories can be demanding for both students and instructors, we take a more holistic approach to ethically teaching primary sources. The suggestions are student-centered and include a reflection component for special collections and archival instructors. Do consider the preparation time required and intellectual/emotional labor, as well as the breadth of your holdings, and then select the suggestions that suit your individual needs and instruction session best.
Guidelines for Primary Source Literacy
One page version of the SAA Guidelines for Primary Source Literacy
Guidelines for Primary Source Literacy | Society of American Archivists
These guidelines articulate the range of knowledge, skills, and abilities required to effectively use primary sources. While the primary audience for this document is librarians, archivists, teaching faculty, and others working with college and university students, the guidelines have been written to be sufficiently flexible for use in K-12 and in general public settings as well. The guidelines articulate crucial skills for navigating the complexity of primary sources and codify best practices for utilizing these materials.
Teaching with Primary Sources Collective
The Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Collective is an online hub that brings together resources, professional development and support for those who teach with primary sources, including librarians, archivists, teachers, cultural heritage professionals, and anyone who has an interest in using primary sources in an educational setting. (primary audience is university level)
Teachers (U.S. National Park Service)
Digital Public Library of America
DPLA works with a national network of partners to make millions of materials from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions across the country available to all in a one-stop discovery experience.
Smithsonian Learning Lab: Discover, Create, Share
free, interactive platform for discovering millions of authentic digital resources, creating content with online tools, and sharing in the Smithsonian's expansive community of knowledge and learning.
Educator Resources | National Archives
all National Archives resources for K-12 teachers in one place. Includes Civics for All of Use, DocsTeach, Distance Learning, Milestone Documents and more
National Jukebox LOC.gov
historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge. The Jukebox includes recordings from the extraordinary collections of the Library of Congress National Audio-Visual Conservation Center and other contributing libraries and archives. Recordings in the Jukebox were issued on record labels now owned by Sony Music Entertainment, which has granted the Library of Congress a gratis license to stream acoustical recordings.
Education Outreach: Tennessee State Library and Archives
A program at the Tennessee State Library and Archives focused specifically on linking educators with primary sources for educational use in classrooms. Students can also easily access the digitized primary sources on our website.
Internet Archive: Free Movies, Music, Books & Wayback Machine
Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library offering free universal access to books, movies & music, as well as 150 billion archived web pages. The Internet Archive was founded to build an Internet library. Its purposes include offering permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format. The Internet Archive includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web pages in our collections, and is working to provide specialized services relating to training, education, or adaptive reading or information access needs of blind or other persons with disabilities.
Smithsonian Education - Educators
Smithsonian lesson plans emphasis inquiry-based learning using primary sources and museum collections.
Calisphere - A World of Digital Resources
Calisphere is the University of California's free public gateway to a world of primary sources. More than 150,000 digitized items — including photographs, documents, newspaper pages, political cartoons, works of art, diaries, transcribed oral histories, advertising, and other unique cultural artifacts — reveal the diverse history and culture of California and its role in national and world history. Calisphere's content has been selected from the libraries and museums of the UC campuses, and from a variety of cultural heritage organizations across California