July in History with the Library of Congress
Posted by: Danna Bell
July highlights include the assassination of President James Garfield and the ratification of the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution...
Posted in: Lesson Ideas
Archive: June 2014 (5 Posts)
Five Questions with Chronicling America Digital Conversion Specialist Tonijala Penn
Posted by: Danna Bell
One of the most popular resources on the Library of Congress website is Chronicling America. A collaboration with the National Endowment for the Humanities, Chronicling America provides digital access to newspapers published in the United States of America between 1836-1922. Meet one of the people responsible for making this collection available online, Tonijala Penn.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts
Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Fugitive Slave Act
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe was widely influential when it was published in 1852. The Library's “Sources and Strategies” article in the May 2014 issue of Social Education, the journal of NCSS, discusses the influence of the novel. Perhaps just as important as its effect, however, was Stowe’s original impetus for writing it.
Posted in: National Expansion and Reform (1815-1860), Poetry and Literature
Summer Reading: Primary Source Teaching Ideas for the Teacher and Librarian
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
In many areas of the United States, schools still have an extended break in the summer time. For teachers, this time is often an opportunity to rejuvenate, attend workshops, and catch up on professional reading.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas
Summer Begins, and So Does This Blog’s Fourth Year
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Here at the Library, we on the K-12 education team are reflecting on the fact that this blog has reached its three-year anniversary. At the same time, we're looking forward to a busy summer.
Posted in: News and Events