Find us at NCTE 2025! We will have the following session below:
Saturday, November 22nd
“If you can dream it, you can do it: Incorporate primary sources into your curriculum with the QFT and the TPS Teachers Network”
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Date: Saturday, November 22
Time: 4:15pm-5:30pm
Location: Room 105, Colorado Convention Center
Speakers: Alyssa Dioguardi (Bronxville High School), Mary Johnson (Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Western Region at Metropolitan State University of Denver), Katy Connolly (RQI)
Description: Explore two key tools to maximize primary source learning in the humanities. First, experience the question formulation technique to learn a simple yet rigorous strategy for promoting student-led analysis of primary documents. Then, browse the TPS Teachers Network to discover a supportive professional community for finding relevant sources, exchanging ideas, and extending your learning.
Event Materials:
Alyssa Dioguardi’s Classroom Work and Templates:
- Student QFT Examples – Hamlet
- Connections Across Content Assignment
- Connections Across Content Slides Template
TPS Teachers Network Resources:
- TPS Teachers Network (register here)
- TPS Teachers Network groups to join: English Language Arts, Literacy, and Primary Sources | The Question Formulation Technique (QFT) for Primary Source Learning
- Contribute your QFocus ideas to this album: NCTE/QFT Practice Album
- Albums created by Mary and Alyssa (Roaring Twenties/Great Gatsby ideas): Teaching the Great Gatsby Through Primary Sources | TPS and the QFT: Sources for NCTE 2025
RQI Resources:
- Primary Source Online Modules (free, take-on-your-own-time PD to learn how to create your own QFT-primary source lesson)
- Primary Source Hub (with more QFT-primary source examples and videos)