About+TPS



Welcome to the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Wiki.

California University of Pennsylvania is a member of the Library's national consortium of educational partners charged with developing and facilitating educator professional development programs that highlight how to use primary sources from the Library of Congress' vast online digital collections for teaching and learning.

We use an inquiry-based instructional model that engages students and enables them to develop important analyses and critical thinking skills.

Our professional development opportunities prepare educators to:


 * Access and use classroom-ready teacher resources from the Library of Congress website.
 * Understand the value of using primary sources for teaching and learning.
 * Analyze a variety of primary sources through observing, contextualizing, and questioning their origins, purpose, and effects.
 * Create authentic, topic-specific, inquiry-based learning activities for students.
 * Leverage sound instructional strategies to successfully implement primary source learning activites.
 * Evaluate primary source learning activities for efficacy.
 * Understand how using primary sources supports Pennsylvania's educators who are practicing in a Common Core standards aligned system.

For more information about TPS at Cal U contact: Linda Muller,M.S., Instructional Specialist - muller@calu.edu California University of Pennsylvania Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program College of Education & Human Services Keystone Hall, Room 112 724-938-6022 or 6025