Acts of Reparation filmmakers Selina Lewis Davidson and Macky Alston share their experience with archival research and working with the Library of Congress and other archival tools in a live presentation for the Uncovering and Amplifying Untold Stories webinar. They will discuss how uncovering history can foster healing, truth-telling, and community restoration.
Registration is currently open. All webinars are free.
Event Date: November 3, 4-6 pm PT / 7-9 pm ET.
Location: Online
Cost: Free
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Uncovering and Amplifying Untold Stories is third. of three sessions in the Stories That Connect: Using Film and Primary Sources to Build Belonging 2026 professional development webinar series. View all sessions.
If you have any questions or would like assistance with registration, please contact Hershawna Frison at hershawna@journeysinfilm.org.
Funded by a grant from the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program. Content created and featured in partnership with the TPS program does not indicate an endorsement by the Library of Congress.
Learn how to use use the arts to help students develop historical thinking skills, deepen digital literacy, and engage with diverse perspectives in the Cultural Products as Historical Narrative webinar. Participants will leave with practical tools, curated resource lists, and examples of interdisciplinary lessons that connect students to the past through cultural expression — empowering them to create, reflect, and share their own narratives rooted in primary source research.
Please scroll down for free handouts and resources created for this webinar. These are useful for music listening, oral histories and other primary source learning activities.
Event Date: September 22, 4-6 pm PT / 7-9 pm ET
Location: Online
Cost: Free
Registration is currently open. All webinars are free.
We are pleased to announce that violinist Mazz Swift will be joining this free teacher webinar. During the webinar, Swift will be performing LIVE! She will also discuss her work as a creative artist engaging with historical songs.
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If you have any questions or would like assistance with registration, please contact Hershawna Frison at hershawna@journeysinfilm.org.
Below we are sharing handouts created for this webinar that may be useful for teachers during the webinar, but that are also great to use with students as they explore and engage with cultural products.
Cultural Products as Historical Narrative is the second of three sessions in the Stories That Connect: Using Film and Primary Sources to Build Belonging professional development webinar series. View all sessions.
Funded by a grant from the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program. Content created and featured in partnership with the TPS program does not indicate an endorsement by the Library of Congress.
The Art of Inquiry professional development webinar provides tools and strategies to help learners design meaningful driving questions and to structure their research plans as they explore primary and secondary sources with confidence and curiosity.
Registration is currently open. All webinars are free. Handouts that may be useful for this workshop are listed below under Learning Guide.
Event Date: July 29, 4-6 pm PT / 7-9 pm ET
Location: Online
Cost: Free
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If you have any questions or would like assistance with registration, please contact Hershawna Frison at hershawna@journeysinfilm.org.
The Art of Inquiry is the first of three sessions in the Stories That Connect: Using Film and Primary Sources to Build Belonging professional development webinar series. View all sessions.
Special Schedule Note
The original schedule for this webinar series was affected by the government shutdown in the fall of 2025. We are pleased to be offering a new, improved version of this series for the summer and fall of 2026.
With the relaunch of the webinar series, we are offering The Art of Inquiry webinar for the second time in July 2026. If you took the first version in 2025 , you are welcome and encouraged to join us for the new 2026 session which will include new materials. If you missed it the first time, you have a new chance to take advantage of this learning opportunity.
Funded by a grant from the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program. Content created and featured in partnership with the TPS program does not indicate an endorsement by the Library of Congress.
