Teachers’ Inquiries into Integrating Historical Primary Sources with Traditional Fictional Texts

By National Writing Project

Summary:
Learn how two teachers from the Philadelphia Writing Project paired primary sources with traditional fictional texts in their classrooms to provide opportunities for students to “read the world and the word.” Originally published on April 25, 2019

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Learn how two teachers from the Philadelphia Writing Project paired primary sources with traditional fictional texts in their classrooms to provide opportunities for students to “read the world and the word.”

Guests

Latricia Whitfield (co-host), Ph.D. Candidate, Penn Graduate School of Education
Beth Patten, Teacher, Kutztown Middle School
Jen Freed, Teacher, Springfield High School
Christina Cantrill, Associate Director of National Programs, National Writing Project

Links from the Show

Penn Graduate School of Education
Philadelphia Writing Project on Twitter and Facebook
Teaching with Primary Sources Network
Project Zero Visual Thinking Strategies
Pulitzer Center Ed Resources

Topics/tags:

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