Explore a cartoon, published as the front cover of a magazine in January 1905, that draws on the many metaphors about the New Year offering a clean start. Although many of the specific images in the cartoon may be unfamiliar to students, the labels on them offer a clear starting point for researching the context and the details the artist included.
Archive for 2011 (66 posts)
Posted in: Primary Source Starters, Uncategorized
New Year’s Eve is a time of celebration, often including music. One festive tradition is the singing of “Auld Lang Syne” at midnight, although many of us either hum along or make up our own words since we don’t know the lyrics. It’s one of more than 300 Scottish songs that the poet Robert Burns …
Posted in: Primary Source Highlights
Architecture offers a unique entry point for better understanding a historical era. Early in my career as a museum educator, I worked with professional architects and engineers to teach middle and high school students. From these experts, I learned valuable techniques for teaching with architectural drawings and photographs.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies
Compare the Bonus Army protests of 1932 with the “Occupy” protests that began in September 2011. What are similar and different in these protests?
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Looking for Library of Congress resources for elementary students? Check out America’s Library.
Posted in: Primary Source Highlights, Teaching Tools
Primary sources about snow and snow-related activities can be a great starting point for studying weather, comparing current winter pastimes to those of the past, and even studying clothing and snow-removal equipment.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies
I’m delighted to introduce the Library of Congress 2011-2012 Teacher in Residence, Earnestine Sweeting to the readers of this blog.
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One of the things that makes teaching with primary sources wonderful is that they document what was happening at the time being studied. However, this is also why they can be problematic.
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Many cultures celebrate the end of the autumn harvest season. Use primary sources from the Library to help your students understand what life is like for the people who bring in the crops.
Posted in: Primary Source Highlights
Alan Lomax and the staff from the Radio Research Project, a program sponsored by the Library of Congress to collect the stories of Americans from many walks of life, spread out around the United States to record comments about the Pearl Harbor bombing and the United States’ entry into World War II.
Posted in: Primary Source Highlights
