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Posted by: Danna Bell
By law, February 22 is called George Washington's Birthday, but many now use the day to honor or commemorate all U.S. presidents. One easy way to help your students explore the legacy of three great presidents is by using a primary source set from the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Government and Law, Holidays
Posted by: Danna Bell
We wanted to revisit staff favorites, posts that received the most comments and some that were highlighted by teachers who work with the Library.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Danna Bell
Apply to participate in a Teaching with Primary Sources Summer Teacher Institute at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Danna Bell
One way to introduce African American History Month is by facilitating a discussion about the ways in which African American achievement has been recognized in the nation's past.
Posted in: African American History, Fine and Performing Arts, Lesson Ideas
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Check out two new lesson plans from the Library of Congress using primary sources from Meeting of Frontiers, a bilingual, multimedia English-Russian digital library.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Danna Bell
We were thrilled to see the wonderful responses from the blog post on teaching difficult subjects. A huge thank you to all of those who commented, made teaching suggestions and linked to this post.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Danna Bell
What if after 235 years all that was left to tell the story of your life was a single scrap of paper? That is exactly what happened to a woman named Martha Morris who lived in New York during the Revolutionary War.
Posted in: Primary Source Highlights, Revolution and the New Nation (1764-1815)
Posted by: Danna Bell
The Library appoints each Ambassador for a two-year term to travel around the country the importance of fiction and nonfiction in the lives of young people. Dr. Billington stated that the ambassador will be an award-winning author or illustrator whose position will acknowledge—at the national level—the importance of exceptional authors and illustrators in creating the readers of tomorrow.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
The Library of Congress is working to make it easier for you to keep up with what’s new at the Library and to share your favorites with others. At the top of many pages of the Library’s Web site is a toolbar allowing you to share links through sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Google, or to email, print or save the file. Look for the icons labeled Print, Subscribe or Share/Save.
Posted in: Teaching Tools