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Posted by: Danna Bell
Kristi Finefield of the Library's Prints and Photographs Division has developed a series of videos that can help students learn how to look at a photograph to find details and hints to construct answers.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Danna Bell
Realizing that Valentine's Day is steeped in tradition may surprise and intrigue young learners.
Posted in: Holidays, Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Anne Savage
What better way for young students to learn about three early presidents than to explore documents from the time period - including letters, school work, diagrams and drawings created by the men themselves?
Posted in: Government and Law, Teaching Strategies, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Danna Bell
When school is closed on a snowy day, let the learning and fun continue at home using Library of Congress primary sources.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas, Teaching Strategies, Young Learners
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Abraham Lincoln on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, addressing an inaugural crowd at the end of a brutal war. Teddy Roosevelt leaning from the back of a railroad car to speak to an informal group gathered below him. Franklin Delano Roosevelt facing a row of radio microphones, addressing the nation—and the world—without leaving his home. …
Posted in: News and Events, Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Danna Bell
What's one topic that's usually of great interest to young learners? Toys! Tap into this interest and offer a primary source lesson that will inspire learning.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies, Young Learners
Posted by: Danna Bell
A Apple Pie, created and published in 1900, traces the destiny of an apple pie, using the alphabet and charming illustrations. This delightful primary source, more than an alphabet recognition book, is superb to use with any grade. Look carefully at every illustration and you will see toys, clothing, and activities that will enhance a student’s understanding of a past time. Each page offers opportunities to create a variety of questions for further investigation.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Anne Savage
Broaden student perspectives on Thanksgiving – a holiday that is “peculiar to the nation” – with our recently-updated Thanksgiving Primary Source Set.
Posted in: Holidays, Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Danna Bell
It is also a reminder that, though we have collected the stories of many Native Americans with a focus on those who served as code talkers, there are many, many more who served bravely in all of the branches of the military throughout the history of the United States of America.
Posted in: Native American History, Teaching Strategies, Veterans and Military History