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: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Researcher and Reference Services Division
- Date: 2021
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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: Library of Congress
- Date: 2017
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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: Library of Congress
- Date: 2016
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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: Library of Congress
- Date: 2016
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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: Library of Congress
- Date: 2016
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Film, VideoTeacher Resource: More Reference Services at the Library of Congress Discover reference services from the Library of Congress.- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2016
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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: Library of Congress
- Date: 2015
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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: Library of Congress
- Date: 2015
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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: Library of Congress
- Date: 2015
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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: Library of Congress
- Date: 2015
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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: Library of Congress
- Date: 2015
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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: Library of Congress
- Date: 2015
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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: Library of Congress
- Date: 2015
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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: Library of Congress
- Date: 2015
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Film, VideoThe Library of Congress Is Your Library An overview of the history of the Library of Congress.- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2015
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Film, VideoTeaching with Primary Sources This film defines primary and secondary sources and explores the value of using primary sources in instruction.- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2015
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Film, VideoLOC.gov for Teachers This film focuses on the resources for teachers available from the Library of Congress website.- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2015
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Film, VideoAnalyzing a Primary Source This film presents a short primary source analysis activity for teachers that includes observation, reflection and questioning.- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2015
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Film, VideoExploring the Library of Congress Website This film highlights the Library's online collections and provides searching techniques to better navigate the Library's website.- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2015
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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: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division
- Date: 2015
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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: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division
- Date: 2015
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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: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Serial & Government Publications Division
- Date: 2015
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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.- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2015
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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: Library of Congress
- Date: 2015
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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: Library of Congress
- Date: 2015