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Library of Congress (LOC)Teaching with Primary Sources(TPS)
Tom Adamich – guided inquiry learning advocate and LOC TPS
‘Magician’!
Citation: Henry Ford chopping wood. [1921] National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Prints and Photographs Reading Room, Lib. of Congress. 1 April 2010 <http://loc.gov/pictures/item/npc2007004711/>.
Why select Tom Adamich, and why is he an LOC TPS ‘Magician’?
Automobile Parade. Thomas A. Edison, Inc. 6 Feb 1900. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Lib. of Congress. 1 April 2010 <http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/papr:@field(NUMBER+@band(lcmp002+m2b46029))>
1. Tom knows the difference between a primary source and a secondary source
• Primary sources are original documents and objects created at the time under study
• Secondary sources are accounts or interpretations of events created without firsthand experience.
Primary source -- [Thomas Edison, John Burroughs, and Henry Ford, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, at Edison's home in Ft. Myers, Florida] . c1914 March 16 Miscellaneous items in high demand. Lib. Of Congress. 1 April 2010 <http://loc.gov/pictures/item/2002706891/>
Secondary source – http://frontiers.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/branding/popup.php?state=mi1 - interpretation of Henry Ford’s early history.
How did you do that, Tom?• [know the difference between a primary and a secondary source]…
Completed The Library of Congress: America’s Library for Educators online self-directed module
• [access both the primary source photo and the secondary source website]…Knew how to search The Library of Congress Digital collections
• [be able to correctly cite the photo used – as well as the one on the first slide and the video on slide two]…1. …knew to access the “about this item” information – cataloging – for each item in the collection. 2. found and correctly used the Citing Primary Sources: MLA webpage provided by the Library of Congress - http://www.loc.gov/teachers/usingprimarysources/mla.html
What else can you do?• …Create a detailed lesson plan using primary
sources and multimedia applicationsLESSON PLAN: Henry Ford: A Cultural Icon• GOAL/OBJECTIVE• Students will learn how to develop and support a thesis
related to specific topical requirements prescribed in the goal statement:
• Goal Statement: Henry Ford contributed pioneering innovations to the growth and development of United States industrialization which affected economic, technological, and social development during the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth century. [NOTE: See handout included in submission for complete details.]
What else can you do?
• Use the local and national people networks in which I participate virtually to “create the mystic excitement” of working with the LOC TPS Collections and Resources*:
Gov Doc Kids Group – Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) - http://govdocs4children.pbworks.com/ http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/ and http://community.fdlp.gov/groups/viewgroup/14-Gov+Doc+Kids+Group.html
American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Essential Links - http://aasl.ala.org/essentiallinks/index.php?title=Table_of_Contents
AASL [email protected]
Curriculum-enhanced Metadata Creation and Educational Strategies in Contexthttp://tadamich.podbean.com
Florida Educational Inquiry Primary Source Team (FEIPST) LOC TPS and FL POWER Libraries - http://www.fasmnet.org/fpl.html
*partial listing
What else can you do?
• As an independent contract librarian (via my Visiting Librarian Service), I have the ability to devote the time to targeting my LOC TPS message to multiple K-20 school-related individuals and groups in a manner that is both effective and personal (i.e. As a LOC TPS mentor/specialist).
Here’s what others say about the VLS:
"Tom's idea of a Visiting Librarian is a valuable one." Dr. Nancy Everhart, Director School Library Media Program and the PALM Center, Florida State University
How to “magically contact” Tom for more information…
Tom AdamichPresident – Visiting Librarian ServiceP.O. Box 932New Philadelphia, OH [email protected] or [email protected]