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Renee Van Pelt featured in Library of Congress Newsletter
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Archived College Spotlight:
2008
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Renee Van Pelt featured in the Library of Congress Winter 2009 TPS Newsletter.
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Fourth grade teacher at Pinckneyville Elementary
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The Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) grant program in the College of Education and Human Services is pleased that Renee Van Pelt, fourth grade teacher at Pinckneyville Elementary, is featured in the “Teacher Spotlight” in the Library of Congress Winter 2009 TPS Newsletter. After completing the class EDUC 550: Teaching with Primary Sources at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Ms. Van Pelt’s Learning Experience was submitted to the Library of Congress for publication.
Our own TPS Graduate Assistant and TPS Associate, Courtney Kisat, completed a Learning Activity accepted by national TPS staff for publication in the Newsletter. The activity is titled, “Slavery In the Antebellum South: Varying the Learning Process with Primary Sources.” The theme of the Winter 2009 TPS Newsletter is Differentiated Instruction. Congratulations to Renee and Courtney for their excellent work.
Ms Van Pelt created a lesson plan entitled, “The Life of a Slave.” She stated, “The lesson brought the issue of slavery to life for my students by using former slaves’ narratives and photographs of the individuals from the Library of Congress collection, Voices From the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories.” She further stated that, “The core of the lesson was the oral history itself. When the students were listening to the narratives, they were mesmerized; you could have heard a pin drop in the classroom!”
Dr. Jerry Hostetler, Director of Teaching with Primary Sources, stated that, “Renee is an excellent example of what teachers can accomplish through our graduate level course, ‘Teaching with Primary Sources’. She has created a Learning Experience that engages each student through photographs and narratives found among over 14,000,000 digitized primary source items that comprise “American Memory” at the Library of Congress website.”
"Renee is an excellent example of what teachers can accomplish through our graduate level course, ‘Teaching with Primary Sources’."
Dr. Jerry Hostetler, Director of Teaching with Primary Sources |
Prior to taking Education 550, Ms Van Pelt was looking for a class to assist her in completing her recertification. She was looking for something unique from other professional development opportunities. Most of all, she was looking for something that would provide her with strategies and materials that she could actually use in the classroom.
Just how sold on Teaching with Primary Sources is Ms. Van Pelt? She encourages teachers to go to the Library of Congress website and “just explore!” She stated, “You will find so many primary sources, analysis tools and other resources. If you use primary sources in your lesson plans, you will be surprised at how much easier your students will be able to relate to the content of your lesson.”
You can view the Newsletter by visiting the Teaching with Primary Sources website at http://www.loc.gov/teachers/tps/. Click on the Newsletter link, or download the Newsletter PDF. |
