As I began to reflect on my year as Teacher-in-Residence, I found myself thinking about a great number of people who have taught me valuable lessons this year.
Students can understand more deeply and perform more authentically when they examine some of the threads bound up within a song's cultural history. "This Little Light of Mine" is a prime example: Predating the struggle for civil rights, it takes on new shades of meaning every time it is sung.
Football tends to be on students’ minds this time of year. What can they discover about football and American history through Library of Congress primary sources? An entertaining fictional film available on the Library's National Screening Room can lead students to discover a football legend from the early twentieth century.
When I talk to teachers, it's clear that one thing has not changed since I left the classroom: teachers are always looking for ideas to increase learning opportunities. Even better if those ideas are quick and easy to implement!
During the webinar, Library staff will model primary source teaching strategies and highlight historic newspapers available through the Chronicling America project.
In the small town of Selma, Alabama, in the early weeks of March 1965, a series of marches took place that brought the nation's civil rights struggle to a point of crisis, and that captured the attention of the world.