Tammara Purdin is one of the founding members and the executive director of the Florida Council for History Education and is employed at Lamarque Elementary School in Florida. She has worked in education for over 19 years. She has served as a curriculum writer, supervising teacher, Library of Congress Coach, and classroom teacher in special education, Cambridge, Gifted, primary, and intermediate elementary classrooms. In addition, Dr. Purdin has managed and consulted on curriculum development initiatives for the Florida Department of Education (C3 Framework), the Florida Department of Legislation, Library of Congress/Teaching with Primary Sources, Colonial Research Associates, and NCSS/LOC Writing Team. She has a BS in elementary education, MA in Curriculum and Instruction, and EdD in Teaching and Learning, with a concentration in American history. Her research includes elementary and secondary history instruction; and student literacy proficiency, using historical thinking strategies.
Using Historical Books To Increase Literacy Skills through Primary Sources
Using Historical Books To Increase Literacy Skills through Primary Sources
With all the expectations placed upon them, elementary educators often struggle with fitting in social studies instruction. In this webinar, we will share the pedagogical approach of teaching social studies through language arts, and combining historical thinking strategies with literacy strategies. This will be accomplished through the teacher reading trade books to engage the learners and then revealing corroborating primary sources; followed by modeling how to analyze text, as well as modeling how to think aloud. Join us to explore the benefits of integrating historical literacy and using historical thinking strategies to build content knowledge and deepen overall literacy skills.
All Times Eastern
Registration: Free
Supported through a grant from the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program to support Inquiry and Teaching to Prepare for Career, College, and Civic Life.
Carol LaVallee is a Social Science educator for Sarasota County Schools in Florida. She has worked in education for over 25 years and is presently a teacher of the gifted. She was teacher of the year for Sarasota County Schools in 2008. In addition, Carol has managed and consulted on curriculum development initiatives for NCSS-Teaching with Primary Sources, Florida Department of Education-C3 Framework, Library of Congress-Teaching with Primary Sources, Colonial Research Associates, and Coexistence, Inc. She also served as a Steering Committee Member of Sarasota County’s Teaching American History Cohort, an Alfred Learner Fellow on Holocaust Education (Columbia University), Library of Congress Teaching Coach, and is an Executive Board Member of the Florida College and University Faculty Assembly (FL-CUFA). She earned her B.S. in Social Science Education from the University of South Florida and an M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction from National-Louis University.