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The Social Studies Classroom: Presidential Decision Making, Historical Reasoning, and Digital Primary Source Use

2009 Presidential Timeline Project Summer Teacher Institute

July 9-12, 2009

Hosted by:

• The Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library
• The Learning Technology Center, University of Texas at Austin

Workshop Learning Objectives

• Learn about the presidential decision making process
• Explore online repositories of digital resources, including the Presidential Timeline
• Practice approaches for utilizing primary source materials to foster historical thinking
• Use freely available online tools to create historical narratives that build upon primary source materials.
• Develop classroom activities that utilize primary resources and foster historical thinking
• Prepare implementation plan for coming school year