So just recently I learned about the library of congress website (http://www.loc.gov/teachers/tps/). Maybe our government is struggling with our economy, health care system, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, PUBLIC EDUCATION, and climate change, but they definitely offer a great resource for teachers on their library of congress website.
While I played around with the website, I ended up spending a lot of time on the Hispanic Americans primary sources sets, specifically the "Hispanic Exploration in America" section. This part of the website offered so many cool sources. It has all kinds of resources about the conquest of the new world, and the conquistadores themselves. Some of the sources themselves are the following, Hernando Cortes, the first voyage, the world map in 1507, Fransisco Pizarro, Ferdinand de Soto, etc... For each of these sources one has a whole PDF as a description. As a Spanish teacher, I found this really helpful since it deals with a very important part of Hispanic culture in the U.S. Many of my students are unaware of the influence that Hispanic culture has had on the U.S. Resources like this one on the library of congress website help me show and explain to my students this influence. I recommend this website to all teachers, maybe our government can't fix everything, so let's take advantage of the things they've done right.
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I liked the library of congress website too for Hispanic resources. I think once we get our kids to a place in which they can handle these types of searches and readings, we could definitely use these resources to help our students better understand the importance of Hispanic culture.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the website name of your blog....is flippin long!
I should totally look up that section about the influence that Hispanic culture has had on the U.S. In two of my classes today, kids brought up the idea of immigrants coming to the United States and "taking jobs and resources." Talk about your teachable moment. My co-teacher and I went on these rants about all the things "immigrants" have contributed to this country to make it what it is today. I should show them that site tomorrow. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI agreed. The Library of Congress website is a great source. I have found that using this website has made teaching a lot easier, especially since I am able to get a variety of resources. Try letting your students use the site.
ReplyDeleteI see you were taking advantage of some of the techniques we taked about in class where you plug in the hyperlink where needed. It makes it more user friendly and organized. And I appreciate you using a class assignment to note some of your heritage!
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