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Archive: November 2017 (10 Posts)

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Learning Beyond the Original Purpose with Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

Posted by: Cheryl Lederle

In the November/December 2017 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, our “Sources and Strategies” article features a 1910 map of South San Francisco, San Mateo County, California. The map was created for the unique purpose of documenting estimated fire hazards, and resides in the Sanborn Map Collection, part of an ongoing digitization project at the Library of Congress.

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Three New Civics Interactives Explore Congress and Civic Participation through Primary Sources

Posted by: Stephen Wesson

Step behind the camera with the photographers who fought against child labor. Build a timeline that traces African Americans’ journey toward freedom. Discover how Congress has been involved in the expansion of voting rights throughout U.S. history. Beginning on Friday, November 17, students are able to do all these things and more using a set of three new free educational interactives, all of which make extensive use of the online collections of the Library of Congress.

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Join Us at NCSS in San Francisco

Posted by: Danna Bell

Education specialists from the Library of Congress and members of the Library's Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Consortium are looking forward to meeting with you and sharing ideas on using primary sources in the classroom during the NCSS conference in San Francisco from November 16-18.

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School Librarians: Join Us at AASL in Phoenix

Posted by: Cheryl Lederle

This year's American Association of School Librarians (AASL) annual conference will be held November 9-11 at the Phoenix Convention Center. Education staff from the Library of Congress will be in the exhibit hall in booth 900 on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.