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Primary Sources in Science Classrooms: We’ll See You at the NSTA Conference in Philadelphia

Posted by: Danna Bell

The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) is hosting an Area Conference in Philadelphia November 12-14 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Educational staff from the Library of Congress will facilitate a workshop on Thursday called “Science as a Human Endeavor: Analyzing Historical Primary Sources from the Library of Congress.”

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School Librarians: Join Us at AASL in Columbus, Ohio

Posted by: Danna Bell

This year's AASL National Conference and Exhibition will be held November 5-8 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. You will find educational staff from the Library of Congress in the exhibit hall in booth 235 on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

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Inviting Students to Consider Possible Research Paths Suggested by Three Sources from the Late 19th Century

Posted by: Danna Bell

In the March/April 2014 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, our "Sources and Strategies" article described the invention of the phonograph and how it was used by the 19th century American ethnologists, Alice Cunningham Fletcher and Francis La Flesche, to record music and interviews with Omaha Indians.

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