Interacting with History: Teaching with Primary Sources

Lehman, Katherine (ed.) Interacting with History: Teaching with Primary Sources. Chicago: ALA, 2014. ISBN: 978-0-8389-1205-8

From the publisher: 

With nearly 142 million items and one of the largest bodies of high-quality, digitized content available, the Library of Congress (LOC) is an enormously useful resource for librarians and teachers. Yet it remains a mystery to many. Exploring the wealth of materials freely available for free from LOC, Lehman and a stellar roundup of contributors offer an up-to-date survey of teacher resources to help teachers and librarian educators shake the dust off state-mandated history and literature curricula. Beginning with an introduction by Barbara Stripling, 2013-14 ALA President, this book:

• Presents a tour of LOC, with an overview of its primary sources, including digital resources such as maps, diaries, and songbooks
• Details LOC Teacher Page resources, which provide easy access to the most relevant primary sources from the collections
• Offers a selection of lessons from teacher-librarians across the county, with guidance on how librarians and teachers and can use the library's resources in their local communities
• Features numerous sidebars, tables, and illustrations, showing how LOC’s resources can illuminate the past while also providing a backdrop for discussing contemporary issues

This book persuasively demonstrates how the online resources of the Library of Congress can be used not only to enhance a sense of history but also to teach information literacy, online searching, and critical thinking skills to elementary, middle, and high school students.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction, by Barbara Stripling

Chapter 1   
Welcome to the Library of Congress, Sharon Metzger-Galloway

Chapter 2   
Teaching Resources from the Library of Congress, Sara Suiter

Chapter 3
Professional Development and Support for Classroom Teachers Available through the Library of Congress, Katharine Lehman

Chapter 4   
Action Lessons: Interacting with History, Compiled by Katharine Lehman from Participants of the 2011 Library of Congress Summer Institute

Chapter 5   
Discovering Local History Resources in Your Own Backyard, Mary Alice Anderson

About the Author and Contributors
Index