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October
2022

Community Anchor Program

Announcing the 2023 Presidential Primary Sources Project Series

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By Therese Perlowski - Program Manager, Internet2 Community Anchor Program

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The Internet2 Community Anchor Program is proud to announce the new lineup for the 2023 Presidential Primary Sources Project (PPSP), a series of free, standards-aligned, 45-minute interactive videoconferencing webinars aimed at students in grades 4-12. PPSP is made possible through a partnership with the National Park Service, National Archives and Records Administration, Presidential Libraries and Museums, the Internet2 community, and cultural and historic organizations nationwide.

Register Today!

Registration is open now, so visit the project website for more information and sign up today!

The series will run from January through March of 2023. In addition to the interactive video component, each program will be live-streamed and recorded for on-demand viewing for free.

With guidance from National Park Service rangers and library educators, students will learn how to use and analyze primary sources to better understand the historical legacies of our nation’s presidents.

“Primary sources are extremely important for students to study in order to reach conclusions on their own and explore the topic unbiasedly. Presentations like these help students think critically about their history and further advance students’ critical thinking skills for the real world,” a former PPSP teacher participant shared.

Get a sneak peek of what to expect with this short clip from one of our most popular PPSP sessions below, where Jeff Urbin, education specialist at the Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, shows students the wheelchair President Franklin Delano Roosevelt designed for himself.

Schedule

View the 2023 PPSP Program Schedule

*All programs are live at 11 a.m. ET and 2 p.m. ET on their scheduled day and applicable to students grades 4-12.

  • January 17: A New Birth of Freedom: Examining Lincoln’s Views on Democracy and Slavery, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
  • January 19: President Grant’s Vision of Justice, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
  • January 24: Slavery at Mount Vernon, George Washington’s Mount Vernon
  • January 26: Out of Paw-office: Presidential Pets in the White House, LBJ Library & White House Historical Association
  • January 31: Rosalynn Carter – Partner in Chief, Jimmy Carter National Historical Park
  • February 2: Portraits of Presidential Power Couples, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
  • February 7: Civil Rights to Human Rights: JFK, MLK, and RFK, The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
  • February 9: The Constitution and Presidential Powers, National Archives
  • February 14: Playing at Frontier Hunter: Theodore Roosevelt’s Experiences in the American West, Theodore Roosevelt Center
  • February 16: Exploring Lincoln in Washington, Ford’s Theatre and National Mall and Memorial Parks
  • February 21: You Are About to Embark Upon the Great Crusade, Eisenhower Foundation and National Mall and Memorial Park
  • February 23: Our Delicate Rights: Japanese American Incarceration, Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
  • February 28: The Women Behind the Women, First Ladies National Historic Site
  • March 2: From General to President to Me!, Eisenhower Foundation, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site & George Washington’s Mount Vernon
  • March 7: Women’s Rights are Human Rights, Human Rights are Women’s Rights, Clinton Presidential Library
  • March 9: It’s a Pioneer Life, Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial and Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
  • March 14: 7th Street Challenge: Lincoln’s Commute, President Lincoln’s Cottage
  • March 16: Public Lands, Public Lens: Establishing Protected Spaces, Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage and Theodore Roosevelt Center
  • March 21: Year of Decisions: 1948, Truman Presidential Library and Museum
  • March 23: Presidential Flair: Examining Campaign Buttons and the Message They Share, Jimmy Carter National Historical Park
  • March 28: Interrogating Presidential Photos, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum
  • March 30: Responding to Rebellion, George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage, &  Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
  • April 5: Women For a Change: Gender Equality & the Carter Administration, Jimmy Carter Presidential Library

Register for one or more of the Presidential Primary Sources Project’s free, interactive sessions today!

About the Author(s)

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Therese Perlowski tperlowski@internet2.edu

Program Manager, Internet2 Community Anchor Program

Therese Perlowski is the Program Manager of the Community Anchor Program, where she works with internal and external stakeholders to demonstrate the value of advanced networking and identity services to community anchors across the nation. She works with CAP’s regional network partners to identify, nurture, and implement networking services, applications, and programmatic opportunities that enable Community Anchor Institutions to better serve their communities.
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