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Posted by: Danna Bell
The opening ceremony for the 2012 London Olympics is just around the corner. How will you include information about the Olympics in your classroom? One way is to highlight a historic Olympian in lessons.
Posted in: African American History, Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945)
Posted by: Danna Bell
Are you looking for a way to introduce fables to your students? (You might be aware of common core standards that require students to recount fables and determine the lesson or moral.) Let the Library of Congress help.
Posted in: Culture and Folklife, News and Events, Poetry and Literature, Young Learners
Posted by: Danna Bell
In his June 1st post celebrating the beginning of the Teaching with the Library of Congress blog's second year of publication, Stephen Wesson pointed out that for teachers and students the Library of Congress “represents a source of discovery and learning unlike any other. Last week when I joined twenty-seven K-12 educators at the second of five 2012 Summer Teacher Institutes in Washington, D.C., I did indeed witness nonstop discovery and learning in a unique and awe-inspiring setting.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas