The Primary Source Podcast

Author Anna Crowley Redding shares how primary sources impacted her newest picture book, Courage Like Kate: The True Story of a Girl Lighthouse Keeper.

Barry and I talk about his new book, The Day the River Caught Fire, primary and secondary sources that came to the surface from his research, and touch on the possibility that the number of digitized primary sources available today may have contributed to the golden age of nonfiction children's picture books.

Interview with Julia Lyon, author of A Dinosaur Named Ruth. Julia talks about the many primary sources she came across in her research about Ruth Mason who found countless dinosaur bones on her land in South Dakota. https://www.julialyon.com/

My interview with Amanda Jones, middle school librarian and SLJ Librarian of the Year, has us talking about our collaboration over a lesson containing primary sources that just wasn't going well at first.  Find out more about Amanda Jones here: https://sites.google.com/view/abmack33/home

Chris and I talk about his newest book and the deep and broad research dives that happen when researching a historically-based nonfiction picture book. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Moving-Forward/Chris-Barton/9781534473652 

Rebecca talks about students' work with primary sources and literature as well as collaboration with colleagues. Rebecca's Blog Posts in the From the Catbird Seat blog National Child Labor Committee Collection (Lewis Hine)

Emergingamerica.org Accessing Inquiry Overview http://www.emergingamerica.org/accessing-inquiry/overview  Disability History through Primary Sources http://www.emergingamerica.org/accessing-inquiry/disability-history-through-primary-sources  Universal Design - applied to teaching History and Civics http://www.emergingamerica.org/accessing-inquiry/universal-design  Inquiry Strategies http://www.emergingamerica.org/accessing-inquiry/inquiry-strategies  Professional Development Workshops Overview - lists Emerging America courses http://www.emergingamerica.org/professional-development/workshop-overview

Find Kirsten Larson's book here: https://www.hmhbooks.com/shop/books/a-true-wonder/9780358238423

Carole's Website

Find Steve's book, Fallout, Here Steve Sheinkin's Website

Author Colleen Paeff shares how primary sources impacted her debut book, The Great Stink, from start to finish.  https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Great-Stink/Colleen-Paeff/9781534449299

Educator or not, you'll love this interview with Mary Johnson, manager to the Teaching With Primary Sources Teachers Network. https://tpsteachersnetwork.org/

I talk with Jennifer Thermes about her newest book, Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World Jennifer Thermes Website Library of Congress Online Collection New York Public Library Digital Collection American Museum of Natural History Digital Repository Yale Peabody Museum Digital Collections My Picture Book and Primary Source Blog Post for Horse Power

Connections and ideas after listening to archivists Rick Prelinger on NPR's Bullseye with Jesse Thorn. Bullseye Episode: https://www.npr.org/2021/05/03/993265829/archivist-and-documentary-filmmaker-rick-prelinger Rick Prelinger's archives on Internet Archive: https://archive.org/search.php?query=mediatype%3Amovies++AND+collection%3Aprelinger&page=3 Rick Prelinger's Lost Landscapes: http://www.panix.com/~footage/ Rick Prelinger on Twitter: https://twitter.com/footage Blog Post Exploring Actuality Film: https://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/2015/10/multimedia-moment-exploring-actuality-films-in-the-classroom/ 

Author Lindsay H. Metcalf shares how primary sources impacted her picture book, Farmers Unite!: Planting a Protest for Fair Prices.  https://www.lindsayhmetcalf.com/farmers-unite