The Library of Congress hosted its first ever online conference on October 27-28 called, “The Library of Congress and Teachers: Unlocking the Power of Primary Sources.” Education experts and subject matter specialists presented 15 different sessions discussing resources and teaching strategies for using primary sources in the classroom. Now, online archives of those sessions are available, and certificates are available for a limited time to those who view the recordings. You must register to view the recordings.

Available sessions are:

• Keynote: Preserving Our Communities with Photography

• Beyond the Bubble: A New Generation of Historical Thinking Assessments

• Building Literacy Muscle with Primary Sources

• Library of Congress 101 for Teachers

• Making Thinking Visible with Primary Sources

• Provoking Inquiry Through Primary Sources

• Reading Like a Historian

• Teaching Students to Ask Their Own Questions

• Teaching the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Teaching with Historical Newspapers

• Veterans History Project

• What’s New at the Library of Congress?

• Working with Visuals

• World Digital Library

• Young Learners Explore Library of Congress Images

Full descriptions and links to the recordings of all the sessions may be found at
www.loc.gov/teachers/professionaldevelopment/webinar/online-conference-2015.html