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Posted by: Jennifer Ezell
This summer, teens learned about the Library as part of the High School Summer Internship. Follow along as five program participants preview The Source, the Library’s new education center, by sharing about collections items that resonated with them.
Posted in: Biographies, For Teens, High School Internships, Researching, Science, Technology & Math, Uncategorized, Women's History
Posted by: Katie McCarthy
Find out what it was like to grow up in San Francisco's Chinatown in the 1920s and 1930s in this dive into Jade Snow Wong's memoir Fifth Chinese Daughter. The Manuscripts Division of the Library of Congress holds Wong's papers in its AAPI Collection.
Posted in: Asian American History, Biographies, Women's History, Writing
Posted by: Jennifer Ezell
Learn more about three female scientists who observed and drew nature, broadening the public's understanding of insects, birds, and fungi.
Posted in: Activities & Crafts, Biographies, For Kids, For Teens, Researching, Science, Technology & Math, Women's History
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
The Informal Learning Office celebrates the birthday of Zora Neale Hurston on January 7 with collections that you can share with your family. Did you know this famous author had so many connections to the Library of Congress?
Posted in: African American History, Biographies
Posted by: Jennifer Ezell
Six teenagers participated in the Library of Congress' High School Summer Internship, researching collections inspired by the exhibition, Collecting Memories in the David M. Rubenstein Treasures Gallery.
Posted in: African American History, Asian American History, Biographies, Books & Author Programs, Comics & Cartoons, Events, Exhibitions, For Teens, High School Internships, Researching
Posted by: Katie McCarthy
Learn about President James A. Garfield and President Theodore Roosevelt and their relationship with their children this Presidents' Day!
Posted in: Animals, Biographies, Civics & Government, Uncategorized, Writing
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
This post was written by Eori Tokunaga, an intern in the Library of Congress’s Informal Learning Office, Young Readers Center-Program Lab. Families are made up of people of all different identities. Inside the Library’s collections are stories of thousands of people throughout history, many of whom sought to change the norms of the society in …
Posted in: Biographies, For Teens
Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
This is a guest post by Informal Learning Office’s virtual intern, Eori Tokunaga. Norman Yoshio Mineta, who passed away earlier this month, had a long and influential history in American politics and was a proponent of restitution for Japanese American families who were incarcerated during World War II. We are celebrating his contributions to this …
Posted in: Asian American History, Biographies, Books & Author Programs, Civics & Government, For Teens
Posted by: Naomi Coquillon
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we find ways to explore life of Selena Quintanilla through looking, listening, reading, and writing toegether.
Posted in: Biographies, For Kids, Hispanic American History, Reading