Webinars and Virtual Presentations
There is no shortage of materials for social studies teachers to use in their instruction; in fact the sheer volume of resources can be overwhelming! This webinar is all about organizing, evaluating, and using secondary and primary sources, all why promoting positive media and historical literacy skills among your students.
The Everything is a Primary Source teaching method will help any humanities teacher with planning, facilitating and assessing their classes by refining their curriculum. This video introduces the essential forms needed: The Unit Guide, Homework Form, Secondary Source Evaluation, and, of course, the Primary Source Analysis form.
This webinar gives tips on how to cultivate useable primary sources for your classroom from alternative sources such as Google Maps, History Walks, Atlas Obscura, and Goodwill Outlets.
True, the EPS method makes room for all teaching materials to be looked at as primary sources, but it's always a good idea to differentiate between the two kinds of documents, primary and secondary, before using the Everything is a Primary Source method with a course. Here is a fun way to decipher between the two with some 90s nostalgia for good measure.
This webinar, presented for the New Hampshire Council for the Social Studies in April 2024, addresses the value of podcasting in the educational environment, particularly as a way to extend and supplement the inquiry-based process.
If you're going to instruct by focusing on the intricacies between primary and secondary sources, assessing student work that way should follow. This video explains the EPS approach to homework, quizzes, tests, papers & projects, and informal assessments like activities and games.