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Posted by: Danna Bell
When teachers encourage students to learn about where they live and perhaps link their community to a larger event, they can see they are part of a larger story. Students can understand that they are a part of history and that they make history every day.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Anne Savage
What is Flag Day? It’s a great opportunity to help students discover the history and meaning of an important national symbol.
Posted in: Primary Source Highlights
Posted by: Stacie Moats
Sometime before the age of 16, Washington transcribed 110 “Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation” into his school copybook. Did Washington live his adult life according to these rules?
Posted in: Culture and Folklife, Presidents, Revolution and the New Nation (1764-1815)
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
More than 20 million digitized primary source items present almost limitless opportunities for both exciting discovery and serious frustration. Here is the first in a short series on finding primary sources online from the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Danna Bell
What do you think of when you think of the President of the United States of America? We are fortunate that most presidents have left us their personal papers where we can read about their feelings, their concerns and their love for family and friends.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Lesson Ideas, Revolution and the New Nation (1764-1815)
Posted by: Anne Savage
If you’ve recently searched online for primary sources from the Library of Congress, you may have noticed some exciting changes.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Browse a selection of digitized rare children's books from the collections of the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Poetry and Literature, Teaching Tools, Young Learners
Posted by: Anne Savage
Use maps to develop fun, yet meaningful, activities across disciplines for students at any level.
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Geography and Maps, Teaching Strategies, Young Learners
Posted by: Anne Savage
So, your students have analyzed a primary source. What is the next step. Explore the Teachers Guides to Analyzing Primary Sources and tips from Teacher in Residence Earnestine Sweeting.
Posted in: Teaching Tools