Educational Resources
Librarian Days 2009: The Bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s Birth
Metropolitan State College of Denver, Auraria Campus, downtown.
This free annual conference hosts 200 Colorado educators and is held at the Metropolitan State College of Denver. Educators will be invited to use primary sources about Lincoln to inquire about history, create resources for learning and knowledge and fashion innovative learning communities. The goal of the hands-on event is for librarian/teacher teams to create new, ready-to-use primary source-based learning materials to take back to the classroom. For conference details, see the Teaching with Primary Sources website: http://www.mscd.edu/tps/.
Presentation Materials on Lincoln from Librarian Days are now available on the website below:
http://www.mscd.edu/tps/events/librariandays2009/shtml
Learning Plans Developed from Librarian Days are available on the event wiki below:
http://librariandays09.pbwiki.com/
Uncovering Abraham Lincoln
A course led by Peggy O’Neill-Jones of the Teaching With Primary Sources program at Metropolitan State College of Denver. The course examines Lincoln’s views on slavery and race in his early presidency and Lincoln’s capacity for growth. Teachers will search and find primary sources related to Lincoln on the Library of Congress website. The course is targeted for teachers in K-12, special education, literacy programs, gifted and talented classrooms, instructional teachers, and principals. For more information, email mscd-tpscolorado@mscd.edu, or oneilljp@mscd.edu.
When History Happens: “Thinkin’ Like Lincoln” *
The TPS-Colorado team will work in collaboration with the Colorado Lincoln Bicentennial Commission to create programs throughout 2009 to commemorate Lincoln’s birth, to promote awareness of how the West shaped Lincoln and how he shaped the West, and to encourage dialogue about and engagement with the challenges of democracy and equal opportunity in Lincoln’s time and ours.
* “With the thoughts you’d be thinkin’ / You’d be another Lincoln / If you only had a brain” — Dorothy to the Scarecrow, in The Wizard of Oz.
Teacher Training Event: “Looking for Lincoln”
9:30 a.m. – 3:15 p.m., Rocky Mountain PBS, 1089 Bannock St., Denver.
Rocky Mountain PBS’ Education Department hosts a teacher training event to help educators with “Looking for Lincoln,” a new PBS series airing on Feb. 11, 2009. Training includes workshops, lunch and a keynote speaker. For details, contact Ruth Baxter at ruthbaxter@rmpbs.org.
“Looking for Lincoln” Resources for Schools
For Streaming Video of “Looking for Lincoln,” Interactive Learning Tools, Downloadable Video Segments for Classroom Use, and Standards-Based Lesson Plans, go to
Lesson Plans and Educator Resources for Teachers, from the National Bicentennial Commission.
www.lincolnbicentennial.gov/learning-about-lincoln/for-teachers/default.aspx
Illinois History Teacher Lesson Plans.
www.lib.niu.edu/ihtlistyrs.html