Primary sources make lessons and presentations come alive for students or participants. The New York State Library is sharing primary source documents from its collections on the American Revolution in New York State to utilize in your classroom. During the webinar, discussion will include how to use primary sources with interdisciplinary approaches and how primary sources illustrate inquiry during lessons and presentations.  Documents shared will provide context clues to increase awareness of the historic time period, tell a story, and integrate multiple intelligences.    

 Highlights from the Educator Guide for the American Revolution include:  Spies and intelligence, Schuylerville, New York and its historical significance, Indigenous Peoples, Women, and historical narratives.  Document-based questions, activities, and graphic organizers from the NYS Library Educator Guide will be discussed.  CTLE credit will be provided. 

 For more information on the New York State Library Educator Guide:

New York State Library educator guide for the American Revolution: NYS Library primary source documents of the American Revolution

Marisa Gitto is a Senior Reference Librarian at the New York State Library. She received her M.S. in Information and Library Science from Pratt Institute and a M.A. in Spanish from the University at Albany. Marisa was a Spanish Teacher for the Albany City School District and is permanently certified to teach Spanish PreK-12.  Previously, Marisa was the Library Director for the Patricia Standish Education and Curriculum Library at the College of Saint Rose.  At the Curriculum Library, Marisa helped faculty, future teachers, speech language pathologists, and school counselors obtain the resources needed to develop lesson planning activities and therapy sessions for students and clients for ages birth though adult.  Currently, at the NYS Library, Marisa finds primary resources for Educators and creates Educator Guides based upon history related to New York State with document-based questions and activities to utilize in the classroom or library whether onsite or remote.