This document describes strategies for using children's literature and primary sources together to enhance student learning. It provides examples of connecting books to historical events and Library of Congress resources. The key strategies are to use books as hooks to engage students in history, connect literature to informational texts and primary sources from the Library of Congress website, and develop inquiry-based activities for students.

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Literature and Primary Sources
Book Backdrops: Empower Learning With
Literature and Primary Sources
Gail Petri, Primary Source Consultant gail.petri@gmail.com

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3. Book Backdrops: Empower Learning With Literature and Primary SourcesBook Backdrops: Empower Learning With Literature and Primary Sources
Gail Petri
gail.petri@gmail.com
What you’ll learn!
• Use books as hooks to spark students' reading enthusiasm
and historical understanding!
• Learn strategies for connecting award-winning literature -
picture books, historical fiction, biography and non-fiction
- with Library of Congress free online resources.
• Examples of informational texts will be included to
illustrate the connection with common core standards.
Southern Illinois U. Edwardsville, IL

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Primary Source
Connections are all
around you!
Example:
Visit to Maine –
Castine Island in
the background.

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Primary sources are the raw
materials of history ….
original documents and
objects which were created at
the time under study.

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Why teach with primary sources?
ENGAGE students
Develop CRITICAL THINKING skills
CONSTRUCT their own knowledge

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Why teach with history through
literature?
One of the great lessons of history is that perspective matters. So before I start
kids searching out details of battles or other events in the past, I want to play
with perspective a bit, using picture books to get my point across that there's
more than one way to look at a thing.
Carol Otis Hurst, Carol Hurst’s Children Literature Site
Teachers know these novels focus a rich, human lens on a sometimes abstract
topic. The stories and the lives of historical characters help readers see the
details of everyday life that are not incorporated into textbooks.
Cathy Beck, “Historical Fiction: Teaching Tool or Literary Experience”,
Language Arts, July 2000

28. Why NOT
combine
them both!
Literature +
Primary Sources =
Memorable,
Meaningful,
Fun
Learning!
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29. Common Core Connections?
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http://www.loc.gov/teachers/tps/journal/common_core/article.html

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31. 158 million
items
838 miles of
bookshelves
470 languages
15,000 items
arrive daily
12,000 items
added to the
collection daily
24.6+ million
items online
1.7 million
visitors
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http://www.loc.gov/teachers/professionaldevelopment/tpsdirect/pdplanbuilder/
Leaving Evidence
of Our Lives

33. Book Activity…
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34. Try a Photo Analysis Activity
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36. Create a set of images for observation...
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37. What do you SEE? THINK? WONDER?
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38. Study the people and objects…
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39. Is the picture posed?
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40. What do you observe in the background?
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41. What do you notice first?
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42. What details do you see?
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43. ALL were photographed by
Lewis Hine.
MOST of them depict
children.
ONE shows a child
at work.
ALL were photographed
in Baltimore, Maryland
ALL relate to the
strawberry picking industry.
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44. The National Child Labor Committee Collection
contains 5000 Lewis Hine photographs.
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45. Do you want your students to learn
more about child labor?
READ a book and make CONNECTIONS
to primary sources.
“Yes, I want to learn
but I can’t when I work
all the time.”
Fursen Owens 12 years
old. Can’t read. Don’t
know ABCs. Been in
mills 4 years. LH
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46. The girl in this
Lewis Hine photograph…
…to write this
historical fiction book
about child labor in America.
…inspired
Elizabeth Winthrop
Book
Hook
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47. Winthrop, Elizabeth. “Searching for Addie: The Story behind a
Famous Photograph.”
Social Education 70 (4), 174-177.
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48. Read a picture book
about mill life in
Lowell, MA in the
1800s.
Book
Hook
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49. A Sampling of LOC Resources:
The Lowell Offering
(1841 periodical review)
The Lowell Offering
(1844 periodical opinion letter)
Among Lowell Mill Girls (1881 article)
The Lowell Offering (1890 article)
Lucy Larcom: A New England Girl
(1890 book review)
A Forgotten Industrial Experiment
(1898 article)
Read 19th century periodical articles
written about factory life in Lowell…
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50. Work began at five o’clock on summer mornings, and at
daylight in the winter. Breakfast was eaten by lamplight,
during the cold weather; in summer, an interval of half
an hour was allowed for it, between seven and eight
o’clock. The time given for the noon meal was from a
half to three quarters of an hour. The only hours of
leisure were from half past seven or eight to ten in the
evening, the mills closing a little earlier on Saturdays. It
was an imperative regulation that lights should be out at
ten. During those two evening hours, when it was too
cold for the girls to sit in their own rooms, the dining-
room was used as a sitting-room, where they gathered
around the tables, and sewed, and read, and wrote, and
studied. (p.599)
Larcom, Lucy. “Among Lowell Mill Girls: A Reminiscence.”
The Atlantic Monthly. 48 (289) 593-612.
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51. Teaching Strategy: Create a Wordle at www.wordle.net
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52. Help your students to…
…become hooked on history!
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53. Try this PSI Activity
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54. Item 1
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55. Item 2
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56. Item 3
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57. Item 4
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58. Item 5
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59. Item 6
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60. Item 7
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61. Can you identify
the person, place
or event these
items have in
common?
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62. Bildner, Phil. Twenty-One Elephants. NY: Simon and Schuster, 2004.
Prince, April Jones. Twenty-One Elephants and Still Standing. NY: Houghton-Mifflin, 2005.
Two books to hook your students…
Book
Hooks
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63. Online you’ll find more than 24.6
million digitized items…
• Images
• Documents
• Maps
• Sound files
• Movies
• Sheet music
• Webcasts
• And more…
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65. Click and explore for much more….
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66. Dive in and get started…
…strategies for success
• Know your standards
• Know your content
• Select quality literature
• Find diverse primary sources
• Connect across curriculum
• Develop engaging activities
• Collaborate with colleagues
• Share your successes
• Have fun!
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67. …use inquiry techniques
READ:
While reading, compile a list of dates,
people and events that might have primary
source connections. (Tip - use post-its.)
INVESTIGATE:
Search across www.loc.gov for primary
source items that connect with your book.
(Tip - jot down your findings on a tracking
sheet.)
SHARE:
Share your findings with the class. Discuss
how the primary sources you found
increased your understanding of the book.
QUESTION:
What else would you like to learn? Ask
more questions. Look for more answers.
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68. …use Teachers Page resources
to guide you…
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69. Now…on to more books…
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70. Adapt ready-made lessons…
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71. Dig for your own treasures…
…or use these titles as starters…
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72. Travel with Columbus….
Summary: Written in journal format by
a twelve-year-old ship’s boy, the
entries describe Columbus' first
voyage of discovery.
Setting: Canary Islands, Atlantic
Ocean, 1492 .
A Sampling of LOC Resources:
1492: An Ongoing Voyage
Images of Christopher Columbus
Today in History (October 12)
Columbus’ Coat of Arms
Christopher Columbus Saw Land
A Letter of Christopher Columbus
Schlein, Miriam. Illustrated by Tom Newsom. I sailed with Columbus. Illustrated by
Tom Newsom. NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 1991.
Book
Hook
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73. Online exhibitions
are filled with
primary sources….
Book of Privileges
Columbus Coat of Arms
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74. Teaching Strategy: Choose a
specific date in the
Today in History archives….
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75. Don’t miss the Image Lists…
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80. Teaching Strategy: Have students compare and
contrast illustrations created by different artists.
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81. Teaching Strategy: Use the Analyzing Photographs and
Prints Teacher’s Guide to help formulate guiding questions.
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82. Explore a picture book
from the
another viewpoint…
Learn facts from
a non-fiction title…
Yolen, Jane. Encounter. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992.
Sis, Peter. Follow the Dream. NY: Knopf, 1991.
Book
Hook
Book
Hook
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83. Explore
an
online
exhibition…
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84. Pirate connections….
Summary: Describes life aboard a pirate
ship and provides information about
famous pirates in history and literature.
Setting: 17th, 18th centuries
A sampling of LOC Resources:
Buccaneers of America (Interactive book)
The Dying Words of Capt. Robert Kidd
(Songsheet)
"An act further to protect the commerce and s
” (1810 law)
Pirate of the Isles (Songsheet)
Thompson, Julie. A Pirate’s Life for Me. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 1996.
Book
Hook
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85. Teaching Strategy: Have students turn the pages, translate
the text, zoom into images and listen to audio.
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86. Colonial Settlement/Holidays….
Summary: Describes how the colonists
aboard the Mayflower founded New
Plymouth and celebrated their first harvest
with a feast of thanksgiving.
Setting: 17th century, Massachusetts
A sampling of LOC Resources:
The Pilgrims Landing at Plymouth Rock
(America’s Library)
Thanksgiving Presentation with timeline)
Thanksgiving (Exhibition)
1782 Proclamation on Thanksgiving Observati
(George Washington Papers)
Thanksgiving (Primary Source Set)
George, Jean Craighead. The First Thanksgiving. NY: Philomel Books, 1993.
Book
Hook
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87. Teaching Strategy: Download items from a
primary source set to explore with your class.
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88. Experience the Revolution….
Summary: Colonel Henry Knox and his
younger brother Will, both of the Continental
Army, become frustrated with the British
blockade of Boston and decide to attempt to
move 183 cannons from Fort Ticonderoga,
over 300 miles of mountainous wilderness, to
defend the besieged city. .
Setting: Boston, Fort Ticonderoga, 1775-
1776
A Sampling of LOC Resources:
The seat of war in New England (1775 map)
A Map of Ticonderoga (1777 map)
Timeline: American Revolution
Pictorial Americana: The Revolution
Music, Theater & Dance : Yankee Doodle
Reit, Seymour. Guns for General Washington. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990.
Book
Hook
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90. Read Washington’s letter to Knox…
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91. Zoom into a Revolutionary War map…
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92. Read lyrics and listen to songs of the time…
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93. Learn more about American heroes from
the Colonial Period…
…in a picture book
A Sampling of LOC Resources:
John Hancock (America’s Library)
Paul Revere (America’s Library)
George Washington (America’s Library)
Ben Franklin (Exhibition)
Smith, Lane. John, Paul, George and Ben. New York: Hyperion, 2006
Book
Hook
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94. Read a non-fiction book for more facts:
McCullough, David. 1776. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2005.
Strum, Richard. Henry Knox: Washington’s Artilleryman. Stockton, NJ: Ottn, 2006.
Book
Hook
Book
Hook
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95. Teaching Strategy: Create a treasure chest of primary
sources on a theme.
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96. Teaching Idea: Have students create a primary
source alphabet book.
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97. Teaching Idea: Use an alphabet book as the basis
for student research.
Teaching Idea: Visit
the author’s Web site
for additional teaching
ideas.
Book
Hook
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98. Lewis and Clark…
Summary: This novel in verse highlights letters
and thoughts of Jefferson, the Corps of
Discovery, Sacagawea and Lewis’s
Newfoundland dog Seaman as they travel on
their expedition to seek a water route to the
Pacific.
Setting: North America, 1803 – 1819
A Sampling of LOC Resources:
Lewis and Clark (Themed Resources)
Fill Up the Canvas (Presentation)
Rivers, Edens, Empires (Exhibition)
The Thomas Jefferson Papers
Map Collections: Discovery and Exploration
Wolf, Allan. New Found Land: A Novel. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 2004.
Book
Hook
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99. Jefferson’s cipherJefferson’s letter to Congress 1805 map
Follow
their
trail..
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100. View the online exhibition…
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101. Cruzatte: Captain Lewis, this is the grand chief, Un-ton-gar Sar-bar,
which means Buffle Noir.
Drouillard: In English, Black Buffalo.
Cruzatte: And this chief calls himself Tor-to-hon-gar.
Drouillard: The Partisan.
I think it wise to use French between the two of us, Pierre,
while together we attempt to translate from Sioux to English.
Cruzatte: I agree, my friend.
With your knowledge of hand signs
and my small knowledge of Sioux,
we will act as one voice.
(p.191 - Meeting with the Teton Sioux)
Teaching Strategy: Use text
selections to create Readers
Theater scripts.
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102. Links to LOC Resources:
Lewis and Clark Journal
Map of Trail
Interactive Expedition (Flash)
Lewis and Clark Virtual Tour
Meriwether Lewis Portrait
William Clark Portrait
Sue F. Williamson – Media, PA – Gifted Support Gr. 1-5 – July 26, 2007 (LOC Summer Institute)
Book Summary: Recounts the story of the Lewis and
Clark Expedition to explore the unchartered western
wilderness, placing it in its historical context.
Setting: 1804 -1806 from the Missouri River to the
Pacific Ocean and back.
Teaching Idea: Organize a study group. Create
and share book connections with your colleagues.
Book
Hook
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103. Try another PSI activity…
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104. Item 1
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105. Item 2
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106. Item 3
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107. Item 4
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108. Item 5
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109. Item 6
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110. Item 7
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111. An 1887 map of Maine…
A photograph by the water…
A 1903 newspaper article…
3 old baseball cards…
New York Polo Grounds drawing…
1 baseball card of a NY pitcher…
What common thread connects
these primary sources?
A second map…
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112. Louis Sockalexis
(2008 Elementary Winner) Wise, Bill. Louis Sockalexis: Native American Baseball Pioneer.
Illustrated by Bill Farnsworth. NY: Lee and Low Books, 2007.
Summary: A biography of Penobscot
Indian Louis Sockalexis, who pursued his
childhood love of baseball and eventually
joined the Major Leagues where he faced
racism and discrimination with humility
and courage as the first Native American
to play professional baseball. Winner of
the 2008 Carter G. Woodson award.
(American Memory Collection) Baseball Cards, 1887-1914
(Teachers Page) Baseball Themed Resources
(Teachers Page) Baseball Primary Source Set
Teachers Page) Native American Themed Resources
Book
Hook
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113. Teaching Idea: America’s Library has many stories about
famous Americans that can “hook” students on biographies.
Book
Hook
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114. Teaching Strategy: Explore the National Book Festival
Teacher/Kids Page for author resources
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115. Teaching
Strategy:
Visit
Scholastic’s Dear
America
site for books
and related
Primary
sources…
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116. Check out the Teacher’s Site…
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117. Access LOC Primary Sources for each era…
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118. Sample template developed for
Library of Congress Teacher Institute
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119. Now for a little stretch!
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