image © prakash patel a presentation from the education department outreach & public programs

Image © Prakash Patel

A Presentation from the

Education Department

Outreach & Public Programs

• The Library was created by the General Assembly in 1823 to organize, care for, and manage the state’s growing collection of books and official records.

• The Library was originally located on the third floor of the Capitol Building. We eventually outgrew this space, and the Library moved twice before settling in its current location at 800 East Broad Street in 1997.

• The Library occupies an entire city block that was donated to the state by the City of Richmond. There are 55 miles of archival shelves, which would reach from here to Williamsburg or Fredericksburg.

• At last count, the Library has over 121 million items.

Education Department, Outreach & Public Programs, Library of Virginia

What is the Library of Virginia?

• The Library is a public library, just not a local public library. The vast majority of our collection is nonfiction and is related to Virginia’s history and culture. We do collect fiction by Virginia authors and nonfiction about Virginia history, government, and culture.

• The collections of the Library of Virginia contain the most comprehensive information available about Virginia and Virginians. The Library's collections of books, periodicals, government publications, and microforms totals 1,909,751 items, including 53,101 reels of newspaper microfilm and 687,644 federal government publications. There are currently 7,279 digital state publications available online via the Library of Virginia website.

• You do not need an appointment to visit the Library (unless you need to access special collections).

• Get a Library card! Gives you access to our circulating collection, research databases (most even accessible off site), items in the stacks.

www.lva.virginia.gov


What is the Library of Virginia?

http://www.lva.virginia.gov/


Online Resources

http://finditva.com

http://finditva.com/


Online Resources

http://www.virginiamemory.com

http://www.virginiamemory.com/




Online Resources

http://www.virginiamemory.com/transcribe




Online Resources


• Thousands of documents already transcribed• Groups and individuals from all over the world participating• The Library hosts a “transcribe-a-thon” on the last Saturday

of every month• Some groups are hosting their own DIY transcribe-a-thons• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiSxq1rfLXM



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiSxq1rfLXM


Online Resources

http://edu.lva.virginia.gov

http://edu.lva.virginia.gov/

http://edu.lva.virginia.gov/


Strong Men & Women Program

http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/smw/




Virginia Women in History Program

http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/vawomen/women.htm




Anne Westrick’s Brotherhood

http://abwestrick.com/entering-into-history-a-writing-workshop

A Case Study in Teaching with

Historic Fiction

• Young adult novel

• Set in Richmond in 1866

• Cast of characters including newly freed African Americans to Freedman’s Bureau agents to former Confederates and white supremacy vigilantes

• Much of Westrick’s research uses documents from the Library of Virginia

• Writing workshops provided by the author based on guided inquiry

• Walking tour and field trip

http://abwestrick.com/entering-into-history-a-writing-workshop



Primary Source Analysis Resources

• http://edu.lva.virginia.gov/online_classroom/lesson_plans• https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/

http://edu.lva.virginia.gov/online_classroom/lesson_plans

http://edu.lva.virginia.gov/online_classroom/lesson_plans

https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/


Collaboration and Integration

• Using Informational Sources• Applying Geographic Skills• Organizing Information• Questioning• Comparing and Contrasting• Determining Cause & Effect• Making Connections• Exercising Civic Responsibility• Demonstrating Comprehension

• Chronological/Sequential• Comparison/Contrast• Cause & Effect• Enumeration/Listing• Problem/Solution• Concept/Definition• Process• Order of Importance• Spatial• Classification• Question/Answer• Explanation/Generalization


Collaboration and Integration

History and Social Science

• Using Informational Sources

• Applying Geographic Skills

• Organizing Information

• Questioning

• Comparing and Contrasting

• Determining Cause & Effect

• Making Connections

• Exercising Civic Responsibility

• Demonstrating Comprehension

Reading

• Chronological/Sequential

• Comparison/Contrast

• Cause & Effect

• Enumeration/Listing

• Problem/Solution

• Concept/Definition

• Process

• Order of Importance

• Spatial

• Classification

• Question/Answer

• Explanation/Generalization

What is DBVa?

Document Bank of Virginia (DBVa) is the Library of Virginia’s initiative to get documents into classrooms. Using primary sources, teachers can make history relevant to students while helping them learn and understand state standards. DBVa will teach students to be critical thinkers as they analyze the original documents and draw their own conclusions about Virginia’s past.


History of the Project

DBVa first began in the summer of 2014. The goal of the project was to offer a streamlined, digital product to teachers and students, predominantly grades 4 – 12, connecting LVA collection items to national history standards and Virginia SOLs. Moving away from full lesson plans, the activities and info are designed for small group or independent work. Education Department, Outreach & Public Programs, Library of Virginia

Design & Images

Thanks to the efforts of the IT Department, the original design pitched by the Education Team has been implemented in Omeka, and is fully mobile-responsive, a crucial feature in present-day classrooms with tablets and phones.

With the support of our digital imaging team, images are available in small, Omeka-sized format and for printing in higher quality PDFs.


Components of a Document

ContextWritten with middle and high school students in mind, the context section discusses the time period as well as key facets of the document itself. If the information comes from another LVA location, links will be provided.

CitationDocuments are cited as thoroughly as possible. More information will be added as the project progresses.

Suggested QuestionsThese questions and activities can be teacher or student selected, and are designed to be completed as small group or individual activities. Links to further sources are provided in some instances.

TitleSometimes simplified from long, full titles, the title includes not only the item, but its type and year of creation.

FilesThe original thumbnail image as well as a printable PDF are provided.

Era & ThemesThese tags are clickable to find related documents. The eras are based off National History Standards.


DBVa Timeline

Phase I (2014-2015):• First documents selected were

items previously digitized• Emphasis placed on balancing

eras • Launched on July 30th with

approximately 125 documents• New documents added twice a

month

Phase II (2016-2017):• Collaborate with collection

experts to identify more documents

• Continue adding new documents twice a month

• Modify document format based on Fall 2015 survey feedback

http://edu.lva.virginia.gov/dbva/






Activity Time!

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/sound_recording_analysis_worksheet.pdf



Please follow our brand new page on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/educationLVA for:

• Classroom resources• “This Day in Virginia History” images and information• Student contest opportunities• Links to helpful sites and activities• Upcoming educational events at the Library of Virginia• Updates on this and other projects from the Education & Outreach Department

THANK YOU


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