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Overview
Learn about Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) through Project-Based Learning (PBL) to boost student engagement and equip students with media literacy skills across the curriculum in the Stories That Connect: Using Film and Primary Sources to Build Belonging webinar series. These workshops are especially relevant for grade 7-12 Social Studies, English Language Arts and Music educators but everyone interested in TPS and PBL is welcome. Sessions will feature filmmakers and other teaching artists and include hands-on learning opportunities.
Webinar Schedule
- Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025: The Art of Inquiry, 7-9 pm ET / 4–6 pm PT | Register
- Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026: Cultural Products as Historical Narrative, 7-9 pm ET / 4–6 pm PT | Register
- Tuesday, Mar. 10, 2026: Uncovering and Amplifying Untold Stories, 7-9 pm ET / 4–6 pm PT | Register
Registration is currently open. All webinars are free.
Register NowIf you have any questions or would like assistance with registration, please email Hershawna Frison: he*******@************lm.org.
Project-Based Learning Toolkit
Over the course of the three-part webinar series, educator participants will co-create a Project-Based Learning Toolkit. Informed by the strategies and themes explored in each webinar, the toolkit will include practical insights, customizable templates, sample student project ideas, curated Library of Congress (LOC) resources, and ready-to-use classroom strategies. It will be designed to strengthen learners’ research skills, particularly their ability to navigate archival collections, critically evaluate primary sources, and engage thoughtfully with multimedia cultural products.
To take full advantage of this learning and tool-building opportunity, we recommend participating in all three webinar sessions, but it is fine to attend just one or two sessions.
Lessons
The Art of Inquiry | Nov 6, 2025
Participants in the Art of Inquiry webinar will explore how to guide students through the critical first phase of project-based learning and research projects based on a single compelling, inquiry-driven research question. This webinar takes place November 6, 2025, 7-9 pm ET / 4–6 pm PT. Registration is currently open.
The Art of Inquiry 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. Participants will get to engage in a live Q&A with Colin Gray, director of Unzipped: An Autopsy of American Inequality. Learn more about this workshop.
Event Date: November 6, 2025, 7-9 pm ET / 4–6 pm PT
Location: Online
Cost: Free
If you have any questions or would like assistance with registration, please email Hershawna Frison: hershawna@journeysinfilm.org.
Cultural Products as Historical Narrative | Jan 27, 2026
In the immersive Cultural Products as Historical Narrative webinar, participants will explore how music, film and visual culture can serve as powerful primary sources that reflect and shape historical narratives. This webinar takes place January 27, 2026, 7-9 pm ET / 4–6 pm PT Registration is currently open.
The Cultural Products as Historical Narrative webinar highlights how educators can use the arts to help students develop historical thinking skills, deepen digital literacy, and engage with diverse perspectives. 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. Learn more about this workshop.
Event Date: January 27, 2026, 7-9 pm ET / 4–6 pm PT
Location: Online
Cost: Free
If you have any questions or would like assistance with registration, please email Hershawna Frison: hershawna@journeysinfilm.org.
Uncovering and Amplifying Untold Stories | March 10, 2026
Explore the critical role of storytelling, archival research, and cultural preservation in shaping historical understanding and community identity with an emphasis on how this process can build bridges and civic understanding in the Uncovering and Amplifying Untold Stories webinar. This workshop takes place Mar 10, 2026, 7-9 pm ET / 4–6 pm PT. Registration is currently open.
In the Uncovering and Amplifying Untold Stories webinar, Acts of Reparation filmmakers Selina Lewis Davidson and Macky Alston will join live to share their experience with archival research and working with the LOC and other archival tools. They will speak to how uncovering history can foster healing, truth-telling, and community restoration. Learn more about this workshop.
Event Date: Mar 10, 2026, 7-9 pm ET / 4–6 pm PT
Location: Online
Cost: Free
If you have any questions or would like assistance with registration, please email Hershawna Frison: hershawna@journeysinfilm.org.
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