Reading Group on the Guidelines
Discussion Questions for reading the Guidelines for Primary Source Literacy at your home institution. Summary The Guidelines for Primary Source Literacy were developed by a joint SAA-RBMS task force. The …
Guidelines for Primary Source Literacy Rubric
Assessment of Learning Objectives The Guidelines for Primary Source Literacy present broad learning objectives which are intended to “be used as a whole or in part depending on particular learning …
Designing an Assessment Rubric Step-by-Step
Step 1: Lesson Objective Identify the key elements of a successful student performance.Describe how a student would successfully complete the process or product related to the lesson objective. It may …
Mapping the Guidelines
A Sample Scope and Sequence for the Primary Source Literacy Guidelines Introduction The Guidelines for Primary Source Literacy provide a key set of competencies and related learning objectives for students …
Introduction to Assessment
What will assessment do for me? Assessment allows you to measure if and how your students are learning. It also allows you to evaluate how well your instruction methods are …
Learning History by Doing History
Submitted by Alison Stankrauff Archivists interested in establishing relationships and collaborations with history instructors to foster teaching with primary sources should assess their archive’s collections considering the following four criteria: …
Introduction to Engineering Archives
Submitted in 2016 by Lindsay Anderberg, Interdisciplinary Science & Technology Librarian and Poly Archivist, New York University, la715@nyu.edu Introduction I have found these sessions to be an engaging introduction for …
Analyzing Sources Related to Local Indigenous Groups
Submitted in 2016 by Samantha Crisp, Special Collections Librarian, Augustana College Introduction Originally used in the course Native Americans and their Interpreters (HIST336), this activity is designed as an introductory exercise …
Practicing Publishing: Fairy Tale Anthologies
Submitted in 2016 by Juli McLoone, Curator, Special Collections Research Center at UMichigan IntroductionThis advanced class uses published fairy tales from a range of eras and countries to introduce students …
Exploring Auto/Biography
Submitted by Sarah Horowitz This session was designed for a first-year writing seminar called “Truth and Techno-Identity: Auto/Biographies” which explored issues of truth, self-presentation, and social media. The goals of …