Our Favorite Posts: From Flight to Discovery
Posted by: Danna Bell
As my colleagues know one of my favorite things is to show how primary sources can be used to help teach science or math.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math
Archive: May 2013 (10 Posts)
June in History with the Library of Congress
Posted by: Danna Bell
June highlights include Flag Day and the beginning of summer.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas
Memorable Professional Development from the Library of Congress – It Made a Real Change
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
“I had a paradigm shift. I went from trying to include primary and secondary sources to meet state standards to [an a-ha moment]! It is natural to include real resources because it adds quality and authenticity with a human face. I also will be able to take what I have been given and share, disseminate, using all the 'propaganda' you have given me into perpetuity, with rigor!”
Posted in: Teaching Tools
Our Favorite Posts: Kindergarten Historians
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
I love getting to see the students in Teresa St. Angelo's kindergarten classroom engage with the films and photographs and carefully identify evidence, of course. But the photos and stories in this post are also a valuable reminder that primary sources are powerful teaching tools at any grade level.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies, Young Learners
Informational Text: Child Labor Reform Panels and Multimedia in the Early 20th Century
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Common Core State Standards and many other standards require that students compare informational texts in different media. However, multimedia texts aren’t limited to the 21st century. In fact, one of the most compelling multimedia campaigns in U.S. history was launched more than one hundred years ago, using paper, glue, and an effective set of persuasive techniques.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Lesson Ideas, Teaching Strategies
Remembering Our Honored Dead: Memorial Day Traditions
Posted by: Danna Bell
You may know that Memorial Day was first called Decoration Day, but did you know that originally it honored only those who died in the Civil War? Primary sources from the Library of Congress can help students explore some of the ways people have commemorated Memorial Day in the past.
Posted in: Holidays
Alexander Graham Bell, Educator
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
To mark Teacher Appreciation Week, we'd like to take a look at the work of Alexander Graham Bell, educator.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Science Technology and Math
May in History with the Library of Congress
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
May highlights include the first Mother's Day and the origins of Memorial Day.
Posted in: Teaching Tools
Mexican American Migrations and Communities: A New Library of Congress Primary Source Set
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Each of these historical artifacts is a part of the history of Mexican American communities in the 19th and 20th centuries. And each one can be found in the new Library of Congress primary source set, Mexican American Migrations and Communities.
Posted in: Hispanic American History, News and Events, Teaching Tools