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=This Wiki is a compilation of work completed by members of the June session of the Teaching Primary Sources workshop at The Library of Congress.=

= Announcements = = Post here when you want to alert classmates that you have updated your page. = I **am happy to say that my unit is finally complete and the outcome was fabulous! I only wish that I could have finished in time to share earlier. However, the unit I planned to use this work with for 5th grade would not be appropriate until after Spring Break!**

 **Here is the web site that I created:**

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From Gail: Debbie, your pix are wonderful and glad your mom is doing better. I'm just now uploading some found poetry pix. Betsy - thanks for the genealogy update.

From Debbie: I'm uploading my photos in groups since I also visited the Museum of American History and the U. S. Botanical Gardens (yes, I admit I took over 300+ photos). I've included a variety of all locations so I'm sure there are duplicates but it's better to have too many photos than too few. (I'm still working on editing). For those who know my mom was hospitalized last Tuesday, she went home and is doing better but due to complications she will return for follow-up surgery at the end of this week.

From Becky: To download PhotoStory: [] For Windows 7 users, ignore that it won't work with Windows 7--it will.

From Gail: Wasn't someone interested in Elvis - this is from National Archives and features letters and photos. []

From Betsy: who was interested in **__GENEALOGY__**? I just got this notice from the LOC: Many ancestors – immigrants and pioneers, slaves, women, native peoples, and others – do not have compiled biographies. They are invisible in the historical record, except through census or other data collection entities. Where there are gaps, the stories can be told through early travelogues, letters, diaries, maps, texts and printed ephemera, photographs and other visual media.

Journey into the lives of ancestors through the published records and online resources at the Library of Congress. .Join Library staff specialists to explore resources and learn strategies to assist the researcher in recreating the stories that define and shape a family tree.

The Local History & Genealogy Division will conduct a free, one-hour orientation via webinar, on __Thursday, June 17, 2:00-3:00 pm__. Eastern Daylight Time. To register for the orientation, use the Participant Registration Form at http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/signup.php. Confirmation, log on instructions, and the handout will be sent via email. []

Getting Started

 * Each member of the workshop should feel free to create a page for yourself on the Wiki
 * Use this as a space to post the lesson information you develop, questions you have for the rest of us, notes you think will be helpful to all of us...

Photographs
=Need Help?= Click on the help link above to learn more about how to use your wiki.
 * If you have photographs you have taken during the workshop which you would like to share, there is a Flickr account for us to share. The username and password are below, but will be deleted from this Wiki by June 18.
 * Address: [|www.flickr.com]
 * Username: loctpsjune@yahoo.com
 * Password: primary11source
 * Screen name: LOCTPSJune