Special Events at TPS SIUE
Special Events are short one or two day events for K-12th grade teachers to highlight a topic of interest using a specific collection or set of sources from the Library of Congress. Guest presenters and/or visits to local museums and libraries are integrated into each event. Each event is planned to build upon the experience of TPS workshops, graduate coursework, and institute events. CPDU’s are available to participants for all events. We welcome your ideas for a future event. Email ideas or register for an upcoming event at
contacttps@siue.edu.
Upcoming Events
March 9, 2013, 9 - Noon
Learning about the Past in 3D: Looking Into Stereographs
Guest Presenter: Dr. Ivy Cooper
Learn more about stereographs as an art form. We will have time to explore stereographs from the Library of Congress collections, view them with a special viewer, and share teaching strategies.
About the PresenterDr. Ivy Cooper is currently a faculty member in the Department of Art & Design at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and received her Ph.D. in Art and Architectural History from the University of Pittsburgh in 1997. She specializes in contemporary art and art theory, public sculpture, Minimalism, and American art. "Official Art, Official Publics: Sculpture under the Federal Art-in-Architecture Program, 1972-Present," an essay based on her dissertation research, was published in the anthology Art and the Performance of Memory, edited by Richard Candida Smith (Routledge Press, 2002). She also writes freelance art criticism for regional and national art journals and newspapers.
April 20, 2013, 9 - 3 APM
Learning & Teaching about Edward Curtis’ Vision of Native America through Photography
Guest Presenter: Dr. Ivy Cooper
Edward Curtis (1868-1952) is known for his photography of Native Americans and as an amateur ethnologist. Come and explore some original Edward Curtis photographs at the St. Louis Art Museum in the exhibit, Edward Curtis: Visions of Native America and visit the Library and Research Center with the Missouri History Museum. Dr. Ivy Cooper from the Art & Design Department at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will join us to present and share information about Edward Curtis and his photography. Dr. Cooper teaches American Art, Modern and Contemporary Art, History of Photography, History of Modern Architecture, Art of the 60s and 70s, and Art Theory, and Methodologies and Criticism. At the Library and Research Center, we will explore the digital collections from the Library of Congress surrounding Edward Curtis and his work. .
About the PresenterDr. Ivy Cooper is currently a faculty member in the Department of Art & Design at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and received her Ph.D. in Art and Architectural History from the University of Pittsburgh in 1997. She specializes in contemporary art and art theory, public sculpture, Minimalism, and American art. "Official Art, Official Publics: Sculpture under the Federal Art-in-Architecture Program, 1972-Present," an essay based on her dissertation research, was published in the anthology Art and the Performance of Memory, edited by Richard Candida Smith (Routledge Press, 2002). She also writes freelance art criticism for regional and national art journals and newspapers.
May 4, 2013, 9 - 11 AM
Assessing Historical Thinking on Women’s Suffrage and Women’s Rights using the Library of Congress and “Beyond the Bubble”
Guest Presenter: Ms. Michelle Stacy, Social Studies Teacher at Mascoutah High School
This workshop will provide middle and high school social studies teachers with opportunities to engage their students on the issues of women’s suffrage and women’s rights with primary sources from the Library of Congress. Teachers will learn how to access these sources, use teacher-created lesson plans, and develop lessons of their own on other topics. Plus, teachers will gain access to HATs, “history assessments of thinking,” which can be used in the classroom to assess students’ historical thinking skills beyond just a multiple-choice test.
Rather than focusing on rote memorization, effective social studies and history teachers engage in historical thinking. According to the Stanford History Education Group (SHEG), historical thinking is “about cultivating habits of mind, ways of thinking that become habitual.” The creators of “Beyond the Bubble” have argued on their website, “In an era defined by endless calls for accountability, history teachers have few assessment options. Drawing on digital sources from the largest library in the world, Beyond the Bubble expands these options.”
About the PresenterMichelle Stacy is a Ph.D student in Educational Studies at St. Louis University and holds an MA in history from Loyola University Chicago. Ms. Stacy taught for seven years at Adlai E. Stevenson High School, in Lincolnshire, Illinois, where she was instrumental in curriculum and faculty development. Currently, she is a social studies teacher at Mascoutah High School in Mascoutah, Illinois, where she teaches AP US history, AP European history, and US history. Ms. Stacy also serves as a Reader and Table Leader for the AP European exam.
