Explore what the Library of Congress has for teachers, including primary source sets and lesson plans for teaching with primary sources, and professional development opportunities. Take a quick tour of ways to connect with experts from the Library and tap into the Library’s vast collections to find even more resources for your classroom. Find out why one Summer Institute participant described the Library as having “layer upon layer of awesome.”

In this presentation, participants will learn about a design thinking framework that can enhance the C3 Framework in the social studies. While learning about this design thinking framework participants will be exposed to students examples, pros and cons for using design thinking in social studies, and ways to create lessons and curriculum to create a student-centered learning experiences in social studies.

Bayard Rustin organized one of the most successful forms of protest in our country’s history—the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Yet, he is often silenced within the PK-12 curriculum because of his sexual orientation as an out, gay man. In this webinar, Corey R. Sell, Associate Professor of Elementary Education at the Metropolitan State University, describes how he ueed the four dimensions of the C3 Inquiry Arc and the Library of Congress resources to design an inquiry that challenges both the dominant and heteronormative narratives of the Civil Rights Movement. Professor Sell also…