Library Of Congress Teaching With Primary Sources. Overview the tps regional program promotes the widespread sustained and effective use of primary sources from the library of congress in k 12 classrooms by increasing access to the tps program. The library of congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers use primary sources from the library s vast digital collections.
Free to use and reuse sets batches of primary sources on engaging topics. Teaching with primary sources partner program. Whitman dickinson longfellow stowe and poe a selection of library of congress primary sources exploring the topic of american authors in the nineteenth century including walt whitman emily dickinson henry wadsworth longfellow harriet beecher stowe and edgar allan poe.
These grantees who comprise the tps consortium deliver tps professional development and academic courses design curriculum and apps online interactives using primary sources from the library s collections and or conduct research on the classroom use of primary sources.
The library of congress awards grants to educational organizations including universities historical societies foundations companies and. Teaching with primary sources summary this film defines primary and secondary sources and explores the value of using primary sources in instruction. Free to use and reuse sets batches of primary sources on engaging topics. Through this effort hundreds of organizations from all 50 states and the district of columbia have enhanced their programming for educators.