Teaching with Documents and Works of Art: An Integrated Approach-2009

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Teaching with Documents and Works of Art: An Integrated Approach
This three-day workshop will provide a varied program of lectures, demonstrations, collaborative work, and analysis of documents and works of art-introducing teachers to the holdings of the National Archives and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC. Workshop attendees will participate in and develop classroom activities that utilize both visual images and primary source documents as teaching tools in ways that sharpen students' skills and enthusiasm for history, social studies, and the humanities. This year's content focus will be on Immigration.

Course Objectives:

• Identify the various types of primary source documents held by the National Archives.
• Learn about a wide range of artworks in various media in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
• Learn, develop, and share exciting methods and materials for teaching with visual images and documents as primary sources.
• Describe the opportunities available for educators and students (workshops, tours, publications, online resources) from both organizations.
• Have fun!

Teachers may read more about the workshop at americanart.si.edu/education/dev and at www.archives.gov/education/growing-professionally.html See the Teaching With Documents collection, which is free online to NCSS members, at www.socialstudies.org/twd.