National Archives: Primarily Teaching

From the National Archives:

We invite K-16 educators, librarians, media specialists, and museum educators to participate in one of seven sessions of Primarily Teaching, our summer institute for teachers, this year.  This workshop provides a varied program of lectures, demonstrations, analysis of documents, independent research, and group work that introduces teachers to the holdings and organization of the National Archives.  Participants will learn how to do research in historical records, create classroom material from records, and present documents in ways that sharpen students' skills and enthusiasm for history, social studies, and the humanities. Each participant selects and prepares to research a specific topic, searches the topic in the records of the National Archives, and develops a teaching unit that can be presented in his or her own classroom.  Presented by staff of the National Archives and Records Administration at the following locations:

*       The National Archives in Washington, DC, June 24 - July 3, 2008

*       The Dwight D. Eisenhower Library in Abilene, KS, July 17 - 25, 2008

*       The National Archives Regional Facility, Denver, CO, July 14 - 18,
2008

*       The National Archives Regional Facility, Philadelphia, PA, August 4 -
8, 2008

*       The Lyndon B. Johnson Library, Austin, TX, July 28 - August 1, 2008

*       The Gerald Ford Library, Ann Arbor, MI, June 16 - 20, 2008

*       The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, College Station, TX,
August 11 - 15, 2008

For more information and application materials, visit our website at:
www.archives.gov/education/primarily-teaching/