Professional development videos from the Library of Congress.
Professional Development Videos
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Film, VideoAsk a Librarian at the Library of Congress This video demonstrates how to use the Ask a Librarian Service at the Library of Congress.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2021-08-11
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Film, VideoEngaging Young Learners with Primary Sources Can teaching with primary sources engage young learners? Exposure to these raw materials can spark students' imaginations and support inquiry, historical thinking, and constructive learning. If you've ever wondered how early elementary students develop historical thinking skills, take a look at this lesson as Teresa St. Angelo works with a group of kindergarten historians.- Contributor: St. Angelo, Teresa
- Date: 2017-04-21
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Film, VideoTeacher Resource: More Reference Services at the Library of Congress Discover reference services from the Library of Congress.- Contributor: Bober, Tom - Yochelson, Abby - Adams, Cheryl - Armenti, Peter - Smith, Trey
- Date: 2016-05-01
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Film, VideoTeacher Resource: What is a Reference Librarian? Have you ever wondered what a reference librarian does at the Library of Congress? A conversation between 2015-16 Teachers in Residence Trey Smith and Tom Bober and three reference specialists.- Contributor: Bober, Tom - Yochelson, Abby - Adams, Cheryl - Armenti, Peter - Smith, Trey
- Date: 2016-05-01
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Film, VideoTeacher Resource: Ask a Librarian Have you ever wondered what kinds of questions get asked of the Library of Congress librarians? Hear about that and more from a conversation with three reference specialists and our 2015-16 Teachers in Residence Trey Smith and Tom Bober.- Contributor: Bober, Tom - Yochelson, Abby - Adams, Cheryl - Armenti, Peter - Smith, Trey
- Date: 2016-05-01
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Film, VideoTeacher Resource: Make Use of Librarians Librarians can provide resources and answers to questions you might never even know you had. Hear some tips about how to work with librarians from any library, including the Library of Congress.- Contributor: Bober, Tom - Yochelson, Abby - Adams, Cheryl - Armenti, Peter - Smith, Trey
- Date: 2016-05-01
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Film, VideoTeacher Resource: Inquiry - Wonder Students will develop focus questions to guide their investigations while wondering during the inquiry process. Jacqueline Brathwait guides students in a discussion on what they already know about the Draft Riots and see them begin to develop questions for further exploration.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2015-11-19
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Film, VideoTeacher Resource: Inquiry - Connect Primary sources can be used during the initial phase of inquiry to open students' minds to the possibility of interpreting and questioning an information source. Shelly Sanderson uses a map to connect the students to the topic in order to gain background knowledge and context about the events of the New York Draft Riots.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2015-11-19
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Film, VideoTeacher Resource: Inquiry - Reflect Inquiry is a cycle. Reflection is embedded throughout the inquiry process, but it is especially important at the end of a learning experience for students to think about what they have learned about the topic or idea and about inquiry itself. This video shows what new understandings and perspectives the students share with Jacqueline Braithwaite.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2015-11-19
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Film, VideoTeacher Resource: Inquiry & Primary Sources Overview Using primary sources with inquiry empowers students to ask their own questions, construct their own understandings, draw conclusions, create new knowledge and share the knowledge with others. Watch Barbara Stripling discuss why primary sources are essential to the inquiry process.- Contributor: Stripling, Barbara
- Date: 2015-11-19
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Film, VideoTeacher Resource: PS 153 & New York Draft Riots Unit Three educators from PS 153 in New York City open share their teaching practices of using primary sources with their 4th graders. They developed a unit on the New York Draft Riots of 1863 and integrated the inquiry process into their lesson plans.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2015-11-19
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Film, VideoTeacher Resource: Inquiry - Investigate When investigating, students will evaluate information to answer questions and test hypotheses. Watch as Earnestine Sweeting has her students use the Library of Congress primary source analysis tool to further investigate events from the New York Draft Riots.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2015-11-19
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Film, VideoTeacher Resource: Inquiry - Construct The most challenging part of any teaching practice is to have students construct knowledge. Teachers must guide students to organize and draw conclusions from information they have found, to confront conflicting ideas and form their own evidence-based opinions, and to be ready to take a stand and defend it. Watch as Shelly Sanderson's students construct new understanding by looking at images of New York...- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2015-11-19
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Film, VideoBuilding Literacy Muscle with Primary Sources This session shared examples of instructional strategies which use diverse and thoughtfully selected primary sources to develop understanding, academic language and fluency, freeing students to focus on content.- Contributor: Rich, Cindy
- Date: 2015-10-28
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Film, VideoThe Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs Discover the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, more than 1,000 portraits that capture the wartime lives of everyday soldiers and their loved ones. These captivating images are powerful teaching tools, and provide a unique window into the lives of ordinary men and women caught up in an extraordinary war.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2015-08-22
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Film, VideoTeacher Resource: Copyright Quick Check Learn how Section 110 of the copyright statute offers educators latitude in using materials during face-to-face teaching activities.- Date: 2015-07-30
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Film, VideoMaps at the Library of Congress A conversation with Mike Buscher on the maps collections at the Library of Congress.- Contributor: Buscher, Mike
- Date: 2015-06-01
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Film, VideoPrints & Photographs at the Library of Congress A conversation with Barbara Natanson on the prints and photographs collections at the Library of Congress.- Contributor: Natanson, Barbara
- Date: 2015-06-01
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Film, VideoChronicling America: A Conversation with Digital Conversion Specialist Tonijala Penn Visit with Tonijala Penn and hear about historical newspapers and the Chronicling America digital archives project available through the Library of Congress website.
- Contributor: Penn, Tonijala
- Date: 2015-05-23
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Film, VideoTeacher Resource: Planning a Search This short film introduces the search function of the Library of Congress website and offers suggestions for search terms.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2015-05-23
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Film, VideoTeacher Resource: Working with Photos & Prints This short film will show you shortcuts on how to access photographs from the Library of Congress including how to find, view and save.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2015-05-23
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Film, VideoTeacher Resource: The Power of Images Some of the most powerful primary sources in the collections of the Library of Congress are visual images. Learn about the millions of photographs that are available on the Library's website.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2015-05-23
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Film, VideoTeacher Resource: The Power of Maps An introduction to the map collections at the Library of Congress. Maps are much more than pictures of the world. They can tell us about the people who made them, the times those people lived in, and what they knew and didn't know.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2015-05-23
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Film, VideoTeacher Resource: Working with Maps This short piece discusses how to search, view and save thousands of online maps from The Library of Congress.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2015-05-23
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Film, VideoTeacher Resource: Shortcuts to Primary Sources This short film is designed to show teachers how to quickly access primary sources from the Library of Congress website, including resources from the Teachers Page, Today in History, and Ask a Librarian.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2015-05-23