O-9 (6-12)
ENGAGING THE MINDS OF YOUNG HISTORIANS: CONNECTING NATIONAL HISTORY DAY AND THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Greg Wegner, UW-La Crosse & Local/Regional Expert
wegner.greg@uwlax.edu     
  

NOTE: Participant's $50 registration fee & the $325 Academy workshop fee will be paid by a Library of Congress grant.
Limit: 23 participants

Are you looking for ways to ignite your students' interest in history?  Challenge them to think about history in new and meaningful ways!  Middle school and high school teachers as well as school librarians and media people are invited to participate in a unique workshop linking National History Day (NHD) with the Library of Congress American Memory Project, a website with over ten million primary sources.  An all-star presenter team will share ways to use these programs to enhance student interest and motivation through primary sources, while providing them with powerful tools to prepare for National History Day competitions.

Participants will learn how to navigate American Memory online collections, develop search strategies, cite sources, develop a management system to organize primary source collections, and visit two area archives.  Guidance in using NHD categories of historical papers, performances, media documentaries, website development and exhibits will also be included.  Based on the 2009 NHD theme of "ndividuals in History,' seminar members will develop and present curriculum projects stored on UDRW drives for later classroom use.