2024-25 Workshops at the Weitzman on Teaching with Primary Sources

The Philadelphia Writing Project and Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History invite 3rd -12th grade teachers and university faculty to explore the museum and primary sources as they consider how to teach labor history in America.

This fall 2024 workshop is part of a series of professional development offerings designed by PhilWP teacher consultants, who have been creating curriculum materials and professional development to support civically engaged argument writing in K-12 classrooms. This work is supported by a Teaching with Primary Sources grant from the Library of Congress.

Participating teachers will receive:

• FREE after-hours museum admission

• Information about scheduling a FREE field trip opportunity for students

• FREE museum educator membership, including 10% gift shop discount

• Text set for supporting civic argument writing about labor

• Access to digitized primary sources from the Weitzman's collections

• ACT 48 credit