The Vietnam War: One Veteran’s Experience
Posted by: Danna Bell
What can one individual’s experience tell us about a larger historical event?
Posted in: Teaching Strategies
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Going Green: Celebrating Our Natural World
Posted by: Danna Bell
Many of us are working to preserve our natural resources. We recycle, compost, use public transportation or try to turn off lights in empty rooms. Though many may think this movement toward “being green” is a new trend, protecting the environment has been a part of United States history for many years.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math
The World Digital Library: Cultural Treasures from Around the World on One Site
Posted by: Stacie Moats
Explore the World Digital Library, a collaborative project of the Library of Congress, the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and institutional partners worldwide.
Posted in: News and Events, World History
Letters from Home: Celebrating Veterans and those At Home
Posted by: Danna Bell
Service men and women away from home have always prompted a variety of methods of communication. Auditory and visual learners can listen and read imaginatively to evaluate emotions conveyed through print and non-print primary sources produced by veterans and their families.
Posted in: Holidays, Veterans and Military History, Young Learners
The Path to the Presidency: Political Speeches
Posted by: Danna Bell
On Tuesday, November 6, voters in the United States will go to the polls to elect a president, members of Congress and other state and local political leaders. As we move closer and closer to Election Day, this blog will be providing suggestions for ways to use primary sources from the Library of Congress to help students learn about the election process and past elections.
Posted in: Government and Law, Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945)
Sharing Summer Teacher Institute Discoveries
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
Poetry from the Library of Congress: A Conversation with Experts
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
April has been set aside as a time to celebrate and explore the rich and varied legacy of poetry. This conversation with Library of Congress staff Peter Armenti, Digital Reference Specialist, and Rob Casper, Director of the Poetry and Literature Center, explores how to find poetry resources from the Library.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts, Poetry and Literature
Changing Images of Thanksgiving: Library of Congress Primary Sources
Posted by: Anne Savage
Helping students explore popular ideas about Thanksgiving is about as traditional as roast turkey and all the trimmings. Primary sources from the Library can help your students compare today’s images with those from the past.
Posted in: Holidays, Teaching Strategies
Voting Rights – The Full Enfranchisement of African Americans
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
The original Constitution of the United States was nearly mute on voting rights, ceding them to the states to determine. The 15th Amendment to the Constitution confers voting rights on African Americans, declaring that “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
Posted in: African American History, Constitution, Government and Law