Cheryl Best & Amy Wilkinson's Presentation at
IL Reading Conference, March 2010

Cheryl Best, a 5th grade teacher at Wolf Ridge Educational Center in Bunker Hill, presented a session titled, “Creating Deeper Thinkers wtih Primary Sources” at the Illinois Reading Council Conference in Springfield, Illinois in March 2010. The presentation shares strategies and tools in communicating ideas and understandings and improving student questioning.

Presentation (PowerPoint file)
Strategies & Tools Handout

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Cheryl Best's Presentation at IL Reading Conference,
March 20, 2009

Cheryl Best presented at the IL Reading Conference in 2009. A 2nd grade teacher at the time, she presented a session titled, “A Primary Look at Primary Sources” at the Illinois Reading Council Conference in Springfield, Illinois on March 20, 2009. Her presentation focused on the use of primary sources to engage students in using basic analysis skills to better understand a time and event in history being studied through literature. Join me in congratulating Cheryl on her continued achievement!

Presentation (PowerPoint file)
Books as Hooks to Primary Sources by Gail Petri, (Library of Congress)
Why Use Primary Sources (Library of Congress)
How to Use Primary Sources (Library of Congress)
Library of Congress for Teachers (Library of Congress)
SIUE TPS Quick Guide to the Library of Congress