Building Literacy Muscle with Primary Sources

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Channel: Library of Congress · 2016 · Education

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This session shared examples of instructional strategies which use diverse and thoughtfully selected primary sources to develop understanding, academic language and fluency, freeing students to focus on content.

For transcript and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=7220

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