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Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Primary sources can help students explore just how controversial voting rights were in the century preceding the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present), Government and Law
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
“The context for each imaginary contraption becomes fodder for understanding ideas about space and flight.” We’ve added some ideas at the end for ways to use these primary sources to deepen student understanding of the ways in which people have imagined space and flight.
Posted in: Fine and Performing Arts, Science Technology and Math
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
This summer, attending the Library of Congress Summer Teacher Institute took me back to the “awe” of history. Seeing the diary entry from the night President Lincoln was shot, and being able to see the emotion in the writing…You don’t get that in a transcript or in a modified document.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts, Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
The role of the Ambassador is to raise “national awareness of the importance of young people’s literature as it relates to lifelong literacy, education and the development and betterment of the lives of young people.” DiCamillo, the fourth to hold this position, has chosen “Stories Connect Us” as her theme, saying “When we read together, we connect. Together, we see the world. Together, we see each other.”
Posted in: Lesson Ideas, News and Events, Poetry and Literature
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Use images from the Library of Congress to pique students’ interest and to inspire research questions about the American Civil Rights movement and the many people who worked for equal rights.
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present), Teaching Tools