A New Years Greeting from Puck Magazine
Posted by: Danna Bell
May your 2014 be full of opportunities to incorporate primary sources into classroom activities.
Posted in: Holidays
Archive: December 2013 (9 Posts)
Holiday Celebrations and Primary Sources
Posted by: Danna Bell
The Snow Queen is here to remind you how the winter holidays were celebrated in the past.
Posted in: Holidays
January in History with the Library of Congress
Posted by: Danna Bell
January highlights include the first of over twelve million immigrants entering the United States through Ellis Island and the ratification of the Treaty of Paris...
Posted in: Lesson Ideas
@TeachingLC Activity Explores Primary Sources, One Piece at a Time
Posted by: Anne Savage
The @TeachingLC Twitter feed for K-12 educators shares rich primary sources and teaching materials every school day. Learn about the #LCReveal, where a primary source is deconstructed and tweeted one section a day for a weeklong, classroom-ready activity.
Posted in: News and Events, Teaching Strategies
Helping Students Visualize the Process of Change with Historic Images
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
The article highlights a number of images from the early 20th century that the National Child Labor Committee used in their campaign to abolish child labor, including photographs by Lewis Hine. Although today these dramatic photos are often viewed as art objects, the NCLC used them as tools--as persuasive elements that would help them make their case against child labor in the public sphere and in the halls of Congress.
Posted in: Primary Source Highlights
Celebrating Mexico with Primary Sources from the Library of Congress
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
The first printing press in the New World...The only existing copy of a documentary on the Mexican Revolution...A legal argument that used drawings of turkeys--and that won its case. These are just a few of the rich cultural artifacts featured in "A Celebration of Mexico," a conference and display December 12-13 at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Hispanic American History
Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the 20th Century
Posted by: Danna Bell
Explore how the Spanish-American War led to the rapid transformation of Puerto Rico.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Hispanic American History, World History
10 Ways to Enrich Your Classroom with Primary Sources – Part 2
Posted by: Danna Bell
The first post of this two-part series offered ten tips for filling classroom spaces with engaging primary source displays to promote systematic critical thinking. This second post lists ten ways to introduce primary sources into pedagogy. No matter your grade level or subject, the ten ideas start from this basic premise: For every lesson a primary source!
Posted in: Teaching Strategies
10 Ways to Enrich Your Classroom with Primary Sources – Part 1
Posted by: Danna Bell
As your students look around their classroom environment, does a visually stimulating array of primary sources surround them? As a teacher, you can saturate your classroom with primary sources to promote critical thinking and inquiry.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies