Schedule
Session One | Session Two | Session Three | Session Four
Session One, July 11-13
Day One - Wednesday, July 11 NDL Learning Center (Madison Building) |
Time |
Activity |
8:30-8:45 |
Through Security and Registration |
8:45-8:55 |
Welcome, goals and objectives, introductions, to Jefferson Building |
9:00-10:00 |
Tour of Jefferson |
10:00-10:15 |
Break (Meet in front of the American Treasures Exhibition) |
10:15-11:00 |
Tour of American Treasures |
11:00-11:45 |
Box Exercise |
11:45-12:00 |
Back to Madison or Shopping in Sales Shop |
12:00-1:00 |
Lunch |
1:00-1:20 |
Debrief Box Exercise |
1:20-3:30 |
Reading Room Tours and Presentations (Manuscripts, Geography and Maps and Folklife) |
3:30-3:45 |
Debrief and Questions |
6:00-9:00 |
Evening Activities Dutch Treat Dinner |
Day Two - Thursday, July 12 NDL Learning Center (Madison Building) |
Time |
Activity |
8:45-9:15 |
Welcome and questions |
9:15-10:00 |
Primary Sources Overview and PSI |
10:00-10:50 |
Working with Maps (Geography and Maps) |
10:50-11:00 |
Break |
11:00-11:50 |
Working with Images and Documents (Prints and Photographs) |
11:50-1:00 |
Lunch |
1:00 -1:15 |
To Adams Computer Lab |
1:15- 2:00 |
Overview of LC website |
2:00-2:30 |
Give Assignment |
2:30-5:00 |
Independent Work time (Note: at 4PM will take questions and those who have completed the assignment can leave) |
5:30-9:00 |
Free Time (Main Reading Room is open until 9pm or take time to explore the area) |
Day Three - Friday, July 13 Adams Computer Lab |
Time |
Activity |
8:45-9:45 |
Open Computer Time |
9:45-10:00 |
Questions |
10:00-11:30 |
Share Projects (will take break around 11am) |
11:30-12:00 |
Wrap Up and Evaluations |
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Session Two, July 17-20
Day One - Tuesday, July 17 NDL Learning Center (Madison Building) |
Time |
Activity |
8:30-8:45 |
Through Security and Registration |
8:45-9:00 |
Welcome, goals and objectives, logistics and staff introductions |
9:00-9:30 |
Student Introductions/Getting to know the participants |
9:30-11:50 |
Primary Sources Refresher/PSI/Emblematic Illustrations (Break around 10am) |
11:50-1:00 |
Lunch |
1:00-1:15 |
To Adams Building |
1:15- 2:30 |
Advanced Searching |
2:30-3:45 |
Create PSI Set |
3:45-4:00 |
Sharing/Debriefing |
4:00-4:15 |
Wrap Up |
6:00-9:00 |
Dutch Treat Dinners |
Day Two - Wednesday, July 18 NDL Learning Center (Madison Building) |
Time |
Activity |
8:45-9:15 |
Welcome and questions |
9:15-10:30 |
It’s All in the Design: Lesson Planning using American Memory |
10:30-10:45 |
Break |
10:45-11:50 |
Doing Research at the Library of Congress |
11:50-1:00 |
Lunch |
1:00 -3:45 |
Free Research Time |
3:45-4:00 |
Wrap Up and Questions |
Day Three - Thursday, July 19 NDL Learning Center (Madison Building) |
Time |
Activity |
8:45-9:00 |
Questions and Sharing Finds |
9:00-10:15 |
Primary Sources: Behind the Documents |
10:15-10:30 |
Break |
10:30-12:00 |
Using Special Collections to Enhance Lesson Creation |
12:00-1:00 |
Lunch |
1:00-3:45 |
Free Research Time |
3:45-4:00 |
Wrap Up and Questions |
Day Four - Friday, July 20 NDL Learning Center (Madison Building) |
Time |
Activity |
9:00-9:15 |
Questions and Sharing Finds |
9:15-9:45 |
Spreading the Word – Sharing American Memory |
9:45-10:00 |
Break |
10:00-11:30 |
Presentations |
11:30-12:00 |
Wrap Up |
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Session Three, July 25-27
Day One - Wednesday, July 25 NDL Learning Center (Madison Building) |
Time |
Activity |
8:30-8:45 |
Through Security and Registration |
8:45-8:55 |
Welcome, goals and objectives, introductions, to Jefferson Building |
9:00-10:00 |
Tour of Jefferson |
10:00-10:15 |
Break (At 10:15 meet in front of American Treasures) |
10:15-11:00 |
American Treasures |
11:00-11:45 |
Box Exercise |
11:45-12:00 |
Back to Madison or Shopping in Sales Shop |
12:00-1:00 |
Lunch |
1:00-1:20 |
Debrief Box Exercise |
1:20-3:30 |
Reading Room Tours and Presentations – Manuscripts, Center for the Book, Rare Book – Children’s Literature |
3:30-3:45 |
Debrief and Questions |
6:00-9:00 |
Evening Activities Dutch Treat Dinner |
Day Two - Thursday, July 26 2 NDL Learning Center (Madison Building) |
Time |
Activity |
8:45-9:15 |
Welcome and questions |
9:15-10:00 |
Primary Sources Overview and PSI |
10:00-10:50 |
Working with Images and Documents (Prints and Photographs) |
10:50-11:00 |
Break |
11:00-11:50 |
Found Poetry |
11:50-1:00 |
Lunch |
1:00 -1:15 |
To Adams Computer Lab |
1:15- 2:15 |
Book Backdrops and Picture Book Hooks |
2:15-2:30 |
Give Assignment |
2:30-5:00 |
Independent Work time (Note: at 4PM will take questions and those who have completed the assignment can leave) |
5:30-9:00 |
Free Time (Main Reading Room is open until 9pm or take time to explore the area) |
Day Three - Friday, July 27 Adams Computer Lab |
Time |
Activity |
8:45-9:45 |
Open Computer Time |
9:45-10:00 |
Questions |
10:00-10:45 |
Literacy at the Library of Congress (Lifelong Literacy, National Book Festival, Poetry and Literature Center) |
10:45-11:00 |
Break |
11:00-12:30 |
Share Projects |
12:30-1:00 |
Wrap Up |
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Session Four, August 8-10
Day One - Wednesday, August 8 NDL Learning Center (Madison Building) |
Time |
Activity |
8:30-8:45 |
Through Security and Registration |
8:45-8:55 |
Welcome, goals and objectives, introductions, to Jefferson Building |
9:00-10:00 |
Tour of Jefferson |
10:00-10:15 |
Break (Meet in front of the American Treasures Exhibition) |
10:15-11:00 |
Tour of American Treasures |
11:00-11:45 |
Box Exercise |
11:45-12:00 |
Back to Madison or Shopping in Sales Shop |
12:00-1:00 |
Lunch |
1:00-1:20 |
Debrief Box Exercise |
1:20-3:30 |
Reading Room Tours and Presentations - Manuscripts, Geography and Maps and Folklife |
3:30-3:45 |
Debrief and Questions |
6:00-9:00 |
Evening Activities Dutch Treat Dinner |
Day Two - Thursday, August 9 NDL Learning Center (Madison Building) |
Time |
Activity |
8:45-9:15 |
Welcome and questions |
9:15-10:00 |
Primary Sources Overview and PSI |
10:00-10:50 |
Working with Maps (Geography and Maps) |
10:50-11:00 |
Break |
11:00-11:50 |
Working with Images and Documents (Prints and Photographs) |
11:50-1:00 |
Lunch |
1:00 -1:15 |
To Adams Computer Lab |
1:15- 2:00 |
Overview of LC website |
2:00-2:30 |
Give Assignment |
2:30-5:00 |
Independent Work time (Note: at 4PM will take questions and those who have completed the assignment can leave) |
5:30-9:00 |
Free Time (Main Reading Room is open until 9pm or take time to explore the area) |
Day Three - Friday, August 10 Adams Computer Lab |
Time |
Activity |
8:45-9:45 |
Open Computer Time |
9:45-10:00 |
Questions |
10:00-11:30 |
Share Projects (will take break around 11am) |
11:30-12:00 |
Wrap Up and Evaluations |
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