CB West Spotlight
February 21, 2020
National History Day (NHD) is pleased to announce the selection of Mr. Brian Weaver, a teacher at Central Bucks High School West in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, as one of only ten master teachers who will create a valuable new classroom resource. This guide will be the newest addition to the wealth of materials provided by the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Consortium for educators in the United States and around the globe.
Over the next several months, Mr. Weaver and the cohort of master teachers will work directly with NHD and Library of Congress staff to create and test this new guide which will present the processes for successful student research and the formation of strong, cogent historical arguments. In its lesson plans for practical application, the guidebook will feature primary sources from the vast collections of the Library of Congress, the largest library in the world. Mr. Weaver’s experience will include travel to the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., for advanced training and on-site writing and development workshops.
Suitable for use by teachers at the middle and high school levels, the new guide will support the creation of a variety of student research projects, including documentaries, exhibits, papers, performances, and websites. NHD will distribute both print and online versions of the guide and will present a four-module teacher webinar series to feature best practices for the guide’s implementation.
“Mr. Weaver and his fellow cohort members bring years of incomparable classroom and project-based teaching experience,” said National History Day Executive Director Dr. Cathy Gorn. “I know they will elevate this opportunity to showcase the Library’s primary source collections and provide their peers around the world with a coveted new teaching tool. We are grateful for this opportunity to work with the Library of Congress as creation partners for this valuable project.”
Congratulations, Brian.
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