Webinar Series: Part 2 of 4 A "case study” in the importance of music to many social movements in American history. Songs of the labor movement, the civil rights movement and the women’s movement will be featured; we will also be listening to songs that oppose social change. In all of the webinars we will continue to explore effective strategies that teachers can use when including music in classroom lessons.  

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.”

Webinar Series Part 3 of 4 A “case study” analyzing themes that have been found in American popular music made during wartime. We will study songs created during the Civil War, the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and recent wars in the Middle East to identify common themes; we will also see that popular music has taken on different roles during certain American wars.  

Webinar Series Part 1 of 4 Explore strategies to effectively use music in the social studies classroom. Our first “case study” will be to use music of various forms to analyze the Great Depression: we will see how jazz, popular music, classical music, country music, the blues, and folk music can all be used as we teach that period. 

Part 2 of 4 Social and Political Movements of the 1950s and 1960s What were the significant social and political changes that altered America in the 1950s and 1960s? How do these historical events create a climate that produces a cultural event as significant as Woodstock?

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.

Part 4 of 4 Change in Music in the Sixties: New Material Was music in this era an agent of social change or simply a reflection of society as-is? Is Woodstock a "retirement party" for the values of the 1960s.

Join in a discussion about what makes an argument good. Participants will gain a two-step process that students can use to evaluate and strengthen their arguments in argument map form, either solo or in a peer-review process. We will also consider the role of objections and rebuttals in argument development. How We Argue Webinar Series Educators often want to discuss current issues and empower students to engage as active citizens. Yet, when discussing controversial topics, some students rely on unsubstantiated facts or emotional appeals, rather than evidence and reasoning…

The Library of Congress is continually adding new content, features, and expertise to its website, loc.gov. In this session, learn about new ways to connect with and explore the newest online collections and resources, and much more. Highlights include the Library’s Teachers site (loc.gov/teachers), A Century of Lawmaking (new and improved!), the World Digital Library, and favorite shortcuts, such as Free to Use and Reuse sets.

In this talk, Dr. Hope examines critical consciousness as a protective factor, and possible coping strategy, against experiences of racism that negatively affect mental health for Black adolescents. Racism has negative mental health implications for Black adolescents (Benner et al., 2018). Critical consciousness (critical reflection, critical agency, critical action) may be one way that Black youth combat oppression and the resulting negative effects (Hope & Spencer, 2017). It is also possible that critical action exacerbates the negative mental health effects of racism. Participants were…