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Archive: February 2015 (11 Posts)

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Wanted: Teachers to Serve as the Library of Congress Teacher-in-Residence During the 2015-16 Academic Year

Posted by: Danna Bell

Since 2000, the Library of Congress has recruited teachers to work with Educational Outreach staff to help teachers incorporate the Library's collection of over 16 million digitized primary sources into high-quality instruction. Previous Teachers-in-Residence have led professional development workshops for teachers in Washington, DC, and across the United States. They have represented the Library at various conferences and meetings and developed teaching materials and lessons that use the Library's digitized primary sources for national distribution. We are now recruiting for teachers in residence for the 2015-2016 academic year.

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Teacher Webinar February 24, 4 pm: Free Primary Sources from the World Digital Library

Posted by: Cheryl Lederle

"Imagine giving your students free, unlimited access to treasures from cultural institutions from around the world. Perhaps your students would examine an ancient manuscript up close for small but important details. Afterward, they might learn more about its significance from an expert, or search for additional items from the same time or place." The World Digital Library can help make that vision a reality! Since we published that post about the WDL two years ago, the site has been updated and its collections have increased dramatically.

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Teacher Webinar with Teaching Tolerance, Thursday February 19: Building Literacy Skills and Teaching about the Civil Rights Movement

Posted by: Cheryl Lederle

The Civil Rights Act of 1964, the conditions that led to it and its legacy are the subjects of a four-part webinar series. Co-facilitated by education experts from Teaching Tolerance and the Library of Congress, the series will invite participants to examine unique primary sources from the Library's collections that illuminate the laws and practices that preceded the act as well as discuss teaching strategies to use in the classroom.