TOWSON, MD — Maria Gore, a social studies teacher at Deep Creek Middle School and a resident of Highlandtown, and Joquetta Johnson, a library media specialist at Pikesville High School and resident of Gwynn Oak, will participate in the weeklong “Teaching with Primary Sources” Summer Teacher Institute at the Library of Congress.
During the five-day program, which begins August 5, Gore and Johnson will work with Library of Congress education specialists and subject-matter experts to learn effective practices for using primary sources in the classroom and to explore the digitized historical artifacts and documents available on the Library of Congress website.
Selected from a pool of more than 500 applicants, the BCPS educators will develop primary source-based teaching strategies that they can take back to their schools, apply in the classroom and pass along to colleagues. All educators can access classroom materials, teaching tools and strategies for teaching with primary sources from the Library of Congress website for teachers at www.loc.gov/teachers.
Each year, the Library of Congress provides the opportunity for a carefully-chosen group of K-12 educators to attend one of its five teacher institutes held in Washington, D.C. Applicants to the “Teaching with Primary Sources” Summer Teacher Institute reflect the diversity of the world of K-12 education. Participants in a teacher institute session typically include school library media specialists and school administrators, in addition to classroom teachers. Those selected come from many different states, representing large, metropolitan school districts and smaller, rural school districts.
The Library of Congress, the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution, is the world’s preeminent reservoir of knowledge, providing unparalleled integrated resources to Congress and the American public. The Library of Congress serves the public, scholars and members of Congress. Many of Library of Congress resources may also be accessed through its website at www.loc.gov.
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