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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
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
The Library of Congress is not only a great library--it's also one of the world's richest destinations for educators seeking primary sources.
Posted in: Teaching Tools
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
This blog supports teachers and school librarians as they teach with primary sources, particularly those from the rich online collections of the Library. Our posts cover a wide range of disciplines, spotlighting powerful items from the collections as well as sharing teaching strategies from our staff and many partners.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas
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
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
There's at least one thing about April that they might all appreciate, though: It's National Poetry Month, an opportunity for teachers, librarians, and readers everywhere to celebrate poetry and its vital role in U.S. culture.
Posted in: Poetry and Literature
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: Stephen Wesson
The Library of Congress has just launched a new collection, The Library of Congress Celebrates the Songs of America, which explores American history through the lens of song.
Posted in: Fine and Performing Arts, News and Events
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
With the launch of the Library's newest primary source set, Understanding the Cosmos: Changing Models of the Solar System and the Universe, teachers and students can explore these models and the astronomers who created them.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Our ideas about science and technology play an important role in how we imagine the future. Does new technology directly improve society? Or is it more complicated than that. We can look at a series of items from the new online collection Finding Our Place in the Cosmos: From Galileo to Sagan and Beyond to explore how Carl Sagan’s ideas developed and changed on this topic over time.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math