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Posted by: Danna Bell
In honor of Disability Employment Awareness Month, we asked Eric several questions about his work helping the Library of Congress promote an understanding of people with disabilities as citizens, contributors and employees in a diverse world and inclusive workforce.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts
Posted by: Danna Bell
October highlights include the celebration of Halloween and Christopher Columbus and crew spotting land that came to be known as the Americas.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
In the September 2014 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, our "Sources and Strategies" article focused on the economic challenges facing the young United States at the time of the Constitutional Convention. We suggested that continental currency might ignite student interest in the subject.
Posted in: Constitution, Revolution and the New Nation (1764-1815)
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
On Tuesday, September 23, at 7 PM ET, education experts from the Library will offer a webinar that will engage participants in a model photograph analysis activity, facilitate a discussion about the power of teaching with visual images, and demonstrate how to find visual images from the Library of Congress. Throughout the year, the Library will be hosting educator webinars every other Tuesday at 7:00 ET focusing on a variety of instructional strategies for using primary sources in instruction. The 2014 schedule and information about joining the webinar is now available from loc.gov/teachers.
Posted in: News and Events, Primary Source Highlights
Posted by: Anne Savage
Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month with primary sources highlighting the rich traditions and culture of Hispanic Americans - and their ancestors from long ago.
Posted in: Hispanic American History, Lesson Ideas
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Welcome (or welcome back!) to Teaching with the Library of Congress, where we hope you discover and discuss the most effective techniques for using Library of Congress primary sources in the classroom. We invite readers to engage with topics ranging from What Makes a Primary Source a Primary Source? to what's happening "next month in history?" Here are staff picks for places to start - or continue - teaching with primary sources.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
As the new school year begins, the Library of Congress invites students everywhere to touch, draw on and analyze some of its most valuable treasures--all via a new set of free interactive ebooks for iPads.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
History is most fascinating when we feel connected to the people who lived in the past. One way to pique student interest is by using primary sources from the Library of Congress -- letters, photographs, and oral histories -- that document real people's lives. The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress recently launched the Civil Rights History Project, a digitized collection of interviews with active participants in the Civil Rights movement and essays about the movement.
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present), Teaching Tools
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
The Library of Congress 2014-15 educator webinar series kicks off tonight at 7:00 ET with a program about Constitution Day Resources. Join teachers and school librarians from around the country to get quick access to primary sources and teacher tools to use with your students in time for Constitution Day.
Posted in: News and Events