April in History with the Library of Congress
Posted by: Danna Bell
April highlights include the celebration of the first Earth Day and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas
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Posted by: Danna Bell
April highlights include the celebration of the first Earth Day and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas
Posted by: Danna Bell
We engage our students in learning, and then we hope that their learning continues to spread, influencing others around them. Many times, we don’t see the effect of our influence until years later. In my role as a literacy coach, staff developer, and writing project teacher consultant, and because I don’t have students of my own, I always feel that my job is to drop pebbles and stand back as the professionals I work with create unpredictable and beautiful ripples.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies, Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
On March 25, 1911, a fire swept through the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City, killing 146 men and women, many of them recent immigrants. It was later discovered that the workers faced many obstacles as they tried to flee the fire: Doors were locked by the factory's management and the fire escapes were inadequate. This catastrophe, which led to a public outcry, prompted updates to labor laws and reforms to fire and safety regulations.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914)
Posted by: Danna Bell
Education Specialists from the Library of Congress are going on the road!
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Anne Savage
Exploring employment-related primary sources from the decades leading up to 1964 can help students understand the significance of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present), Government and Law, Lesson Ideas
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Once a student has used primary source items to develop research questions, as in our previous post in this series, a next step is to begin delving deeply into primary and secondary sources to seek answers.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Unlike some of the other areas addressed in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, schools are something familiar to all students, so even the very young can deepen their understanding of the conditions that led to the legislation.
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present), Government and Law, Lesson Ideas
Posted by: Danna Bell
The Library of Congress Summer Institute taught me a new and surprising lesson about what primary sources offer to any curriculum, including my AP Psychology classes.
Posted in: Primary Source Highlights, Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Danna Bell
March highlights include the celebration of St. Patrick’s Day and Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas