Tom Bober

The Primary Source Podcast

Education EN ↓ 34 episodes

Exploring the uses of primary sources in K-12 libraries and classrooms. We'll dig into resources and teaching strategies as well as talk to educators who are utilizing primary sources and others who curate these incredible items and use them in their work.

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Tom Bober

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S1E9: Interview with Kirsten Larson, author of Wood, Wire, Wings: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane 02.02.2021 21:58

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/611319/wood-wire-wings-by-kirsten-w-larson-illustrated-by-tracy-subisak/

Pairing Picture Books and Primary Sources: The Teachers March! 19.01.2021 17:26

Looking at the gathering of resources for my upcoming blog post focused on pairing primary sources with the picture book The Teachers March! How Selma's Teachers Changed History. Blog post (and past posts): https://knowledgequest.aasl.org/author/tbober/ American Archive of Public Broadcasting Special Collections: https://americanarchive.org/special_collections

S1E7:Creating Transcripts from Primary Sources 05.01.2021 22:29

What resources are available and what are the benefits to students creating their own transcripts from primary sources? https://crowd.loc.gov/ http://fixitplus.americanarchive.org/

S1E6: Interview with History Teacher Donna Catapano 24.11.2020 30:16

I interview middle/high school history teacher, Donna Catapano on her thoughts about using primary sources with her high school students. @ms_catapano on Twitter Donna's FDR article in History Is Now Magazine: http://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2020/10/18/do-franklin-d-roosevelts-handling-of-issues-of-race-show-he-is-not-the-ideal-democrat#.X7x_BqpKjGI

S1E5:Online Learning and Primary Sources 10.11.2020 21:35

Show Notes: Library of Congress Primary Source Analysis Tool: https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/teachers/getting-started-with-primary-sources/documents/Primary_Source_Analysis_Tool_LOC.pdf TPS Teachers Network: https://tpsteachersnetwork.org/teaching-online-with-primary-sources/recent

S1E4: Overlooked Features in Chronicling America Newspaper Database 21.10.2020 19:40

Chronicling America: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov Data Visualization: https://www.loc.gov/ndnp/data-visualizations/ Recommended Topics: https://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/index.html

S1E3: The Newspaper Navigator Search App, an Educator's View 23.09.2020 21:01

Looking at the new Newspaper Navigator Search App from the Library of Congress to search images on Chronicling America. Newspaper Navigator Search App: https://news-navigator.labs.loc.gov/search Chronicling America: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov Beyond Words: http://beyondwords.labs.loc.gov Ben Lee, Library of Congress 2020 Innovator in Residence: https://twitter.com/lee_bcg School Librarians...

S1E2 Interview with Author Linda Elovitz Marshall 07.09.2020 20:12

Interview with author Linda Elovitz Marshall about the role primary sources play in her new book, The Polio Pioneer from Penguin Random House . KQ Picture Book and Primary Sources posts

S1E1 Inaugural Episode 02.09.2020 16:58

In the inaugural episode we answer: What is this podcast? and What is a primary source? Show links to primary source definitions: Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/programs/teachers/getting-started-with-primary-sources/ University of Massachusetts Boston: https://umb.libguides.com/PrimarySources/secondary Smithsonian: https://siarchives.si.edu/history/featured-topics/stories/what-primary-...