Teacher Resources

Lesson Plans

CalU primary source-based lesson plans (Created by alumni of the College of Education.)The Learning Page ("Teacher's eye view" of the LOC's American Memory collections.)
Adventure of the American Mind (A precursor to the TPS program, offering searchable lesson plans.)
Hardcopy of lesson plan links from the TPS consortium members (MS-Word)
TPS 2009 Summer Institute (includes evaluative tools and field tests)
Non-Lesson Plan Teacher Products
Constitution Day (September 17) Resources
Digital narratives from the 2008 Summer Institute
Teacher products from the Alumni Workshops on Teaching with Museum Collections (Sept 2008 & Oct 2008)

Lesson Plans from other Sources

• Lessons Plans from PT3 (Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology) @ Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (http://www.pa-academy.org/pt3/portal/1All_educators/lesson_plans.htm)
  The goal of Pennsylvania's PT3 is to improve Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education teacher education graduates' use of technology in their teaching practices and to integrate technology into their students' learning environment. The Pennsylvania PT3 Grant is changing teacher preparation through the K-16 councils and their community partners. Lesson Plans have gone through an extensive review process.
• Discovery School Lesson Plans (http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/)
  Sponsored by the Discovery Channel. Hundreds of original lesson plans, all written by teachers for teachers. Browsable by subject, grade, or both.
• PBS TeacherSource (http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/)
  Sponsored by PBS. Over 3000 free standards-based lesson plans and activities developed by trained and practicing educators.
• Mid-content Research for Education & Learning Lesson Plans (http://www.mcrel.org/lesson-plans)
  Selected lesson plans and other resources that are helpful for curriculum planning, including activities developed at McREL for specific benchmarks. Each subject area is organized by topic.
• National Geographic Xpeditions Lesson Plans (http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/)
  The lesson plans on this site were written by educators and have been tested in the classroom. Together, they address all of the U.S. National Geography Standards, the five geography skills, and the main geographic perspectives.
• EducationWorld Lesson Plans (http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/)
  Timely lesson plans and activities to engage students in active learning.

Using Primary Sources in the Classroom

• Why Use Primary Sources? (PDF)
  
• Citing Digital Primary Resources
• Cartoons (PDF) (National Archives)
• Photographs (PDF) (Library of Congress)
• Posters/Visuals (PDF) (Bringing History Home)
• Written Documents (PDF) (National Archives)
• Sound Recording (PDF)
  
• Motion Picture (PDF)
• Map (PDF)
• Artifact (PDF)
• Informational Hunt Example
• Library of Congress -- Using Primary Sources in the Classroom (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/lessons/primary.html)
• Lesson Framework (LOC: The Learning Page)
  (http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/fw.html)
• U.S. National Archives and Records Administration -- Digital Classroom (http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/)
• LOC Primary source analysis form for students (PDF)
• Ohio Historical Society -- Using Primary Source Documents in the Classroom (http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/teachers/primary.html)
• Elementary education LOC resources
• Donora Smog Museum Scavenger Hunt 
  
  

Academic Standards

• Pennsylvania Department of Education Academic Standards (http://www.pde.state.pa.us/stateboard_ed/cwp/view.asp?a=3&Q=76716&stateboard_edNav=|5467|&pde_internetNav=|)
• ISTE National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (http://cnets.iste.org/teachers/t_stands.html)
• NCHS National Standards for History (http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/nchs/)
• NCTM Standards for Mathematics (http://www.nctm.org/standards/)
• NCTE Standards for English Language Arts (http://www.ncte.org/about/over/standards)
• National Geographic Standards for Geography (http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/standards/)
• NCEE/NAEE Standards for Economics (http://www.econedlink.org/cyberteach/standards.cfm)
• Center for Civic Education Standards for Civics and Government (http://www.civiced.org/stds.html)
• NAEA Standards for Art (http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teach/standards.cfm)
• Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning Standards and Benchmarks (http://www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks/

TPS Partners

• Metropolitan State College of Denver
• University of Northern Colorado
• Barat Education Foundation
• DePaul University
• Eastern Illinois University
• Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities
• Governors State University
• Illinois State University
• Loyola University
• Quincy University
• Rockford College (New partner. No TPS page yet)
• Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
• Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
• The Center on Congress at Indiana University
• Southeastern Louisiana University
• Mars Hill College
• California University of Pennsylvania
• Waynesburg University
• Middle Tennessee State University
• Northern Virginia Partnership  

Primary Source Content and Social Media (Slideshow)