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2023 / Notes from the Field / Reflective Practice Series

Designing Primary Source Curricula for the K–12 Classroom

By Alex Tronolone Background In 2021, the New York Public Library established the Center for Educators and Schools, whose mission is to use the resources and collections of NYPL to …

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Case 4: Crafting a Research Question: Differentiated Teaching for Instruction With Primary Sources Across Diverse Learning Levels

by Jen Hoyer, Kaitlin Holt, and Julia Pelaez This case study illustrates methods for drawing on primary sources to instruct students on how to generate and refine research questions (Guidelines …

Case Studies / SAA TWPS Case Studies

Case 21: Incorporating Primary Source Literacy into a Junior History Interpretation

by Scott Keefer This case study examines a year-long collaboration between the Daughters of Charity Archives and the Seton Shrine Museum to include archives education into the Museum’s Junior History …

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