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: 2013 (32 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
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
December in History with the Library of Congress
Posted by: Danna Bell
December highlights include the attack on Pearl Harbor and the arrest of Rosa Parks for civil disobedience.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas
Teachers: Meet Library of Congress Staff at the National Council of Teachers of English Conference
Posted by: Danna Bell
If you’re attending the National Council of Teachers of English conference from November 21-24 in Boston, MA stop by to see us!
Posted in: News and Events
Broadening Student Understanding of Wartime Experience through Original Works of Art and Personal Accounts
Posted by: Danna Bell
In the October 2013 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, our “Sources and Strategies” article anticipated Veterans’ Day and suggested strategies for broadening student understanding of wartime experience through original works of art and personal accounts.
Posted in: Holidays, Teaching Strategies, Veterans and Military History