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In-house "Hands-on" workshops offered at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC |
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Treasure Hunting |
Feeling a bit lost while trying to use the American Memory collections? Learn strategies and skills for effective searching, including keyword selection, finding aid shortcuts, and search tool selection and use. | Comfort with browsing the web; some familiarity with the American Memory collections | Offered to teachers, librarians, media specialists, technology coordinators | |
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Working with Primary Sources |
Learn to use tools for analysis that will have your students actively engaged in their own process of historical discovery. |
Comfort with browsing the web; some familiarity with the American Memory collections | Offered to teachers, librarians, media specialists, technology coordinators | |
| Library of Congress ONLINE! | Try your hand at navigating and exploring the depth and breadth of the Library of Congress Web site including THOMAS, exhibitions, international materials, and a few surprises! | Comfort with browsing the web | Offered to teachers, librarians, media specialists, technology coordinators | |
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Make It and Take It! |
Make the American Memory virtual collections REAL for your students. Learn to download and use images, texts, maps, sound recordings and films off-line. You will be amazed by what you can do to make history "come alive". |
Comfort with browsing the web; some familiarity with image editing applications (Photoshop, Paintshop Pro, etc.). Some knowledge of electronic media types is suggested, but not required. |
Offered to teachers, librarians, media specialists, technology coordinators | |
| For additional information, contact edoutreach@loc.gov. | ||||
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| Last updated 01/18/2006 |