| English language arts teachers in the country’s two most populous states as well as rural communities nationwide are invited to apply for a unique opportunity to engage in the Mosaic Project, an exciting expansion of NCTE’s partnership with the Library of Congress and its Teaching with Primary Sources project.
This project will engage educators in California, Texas, and rural US communities in cohorts where they will use primary sources as a lens to explore the histories and literary contributions of these states and communities. The cohorts will identify how items in the Library’s online collection of primary sources directly relate to learning objectives in English language arts. They will develop resources highlighting cross-curricular connections in ELA and social studies and, importantly, these resources will be made widely available to support ELA teachers across the country.
Teachers and leaders in California, Texas, and any rural community in the United States may apply to participate by May 21, 2025. Classroom teachers are especially encouraged to apply. Letters of support for this project came from NCTE’s well established affiliates: California Association of Teachers of English (CATE) and Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts (TCTELA), both of which involve substantial numbers of teachers. This work will also highlight the work of The Rural Assembly on English Literacy and Language Education (TRAELLE), which shares a professional commitment to rural students, teachers, issues, and academic materials. The Mosaic Project will yield rich cross-curricular touchpoints that result in a multi-faceted resource for teachers across preK-12 classrooms everywhere.
Each applicant must be prepared to engage in two virtual all-cohort meetings between June and September, two additional cohort meetings as needed, and asynchronous work to create 10 cross-curricular lesson plans each. Participants who complete the project by established deadlines will receive a $1,000 stipend funded by the Teaching with Primary Sources grant.
NCTE is engaged in work with the Library of Congress as part of the Teaching with Primary Sources Consortium to expand the use of primary sources in the teaching and learning habits of literacy teachers and students. Previous resources developed through this partnership include the primary source strategy database and copublished book Working with Primary Sources in the English Language Arts Classroom.
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