On June 22-12, 2018, Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Western Region held the 2nd annual Summer Institute in collaboration with the American Museum of Western Art (AMWA) and the History Colorado Center (HC). Pairing with two of Denver’s amazing museums, AMWA, a private collection of Western Art dating back to 1823, and History Colorado, and […]
Author: TPS MSU Denver
How to Teach Empathy Using Primary Sources – The Circle of Viewpoints plus Extension
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee writes that in order to understand another’s point of view, one has to be able to climb into their skin and walk around in it. In other words, empathy is the ability to understand a person’s condition from their own perspective. By building empathy of historic peoples, students […]
National Council on History Education Conference 2018
The 10th annual Teacher/Scholar mini-conference collaboration between the Western History Association (WHA) and TPS Western Region was held at the 2018 National Council for History Education (NCHE) Conference in San Antonio. Dubbed, “Teachers as Scholars: Primary Source Documents and Teaching the American West,” this wildly successful project brings together teachers and university professors to build […]
Colorado Council for the Social Studies Conference 2018 TPS Recap
The 31st Colorado Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference Bridging the Divides: Civil Discourse in the 21st Century happened on April 13, 2018. Teaching with Primary Sources Western Region was well represented with a session by Peggy O’Neill-Jones and Kelly Jones-Wagy, Michelle Pearson and Sherrie Galloway, as well as a keynote by the TPS […]
Teacher Librarian Day 2018: Strategize. Connect. Engage.
Teaching with Primary Sources Western Region at MSU Denver hosted the 14th annual Teacher Librarian Day at the History Colorado Center on February 23rd. The 14th TLD came with a few logistical changes, and from preliminary reports, it was a huge success! This year we were fortunate to have Lee Ann Potter, Director of Educational […]