
Visit the Library of Congress at the Mississippi Book Festival
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Mississippi is hosting its first book festival, and we're invited.
Posted in: News and Events
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Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Mississippi is hosting its first book festival, and we're invited.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Just two short school years ago I began serving as Teacher in Residence at the Library of Congress. I came not knowing what to expect, but anticipating a life-changing experience. I am glad to say I was not disappointed.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
I have long admired Leon Plante - and the churn in which he lives. I like the simplicity of the photograph and accompanying text, but both raise so many questions, too.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas, Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Follow Thomas Jefferson's example and make your own vegetable market chart to track the seasonal availability of produce where you live. Start by recording the fruits and vegetables you see in grocery stores, farmers' markets, or your own garden, and the dates of their first and last appearances.
Posted in: Revolution and the New Nation (1764-1815), Science Technology and Math
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Learn about Zora Neale Hurston's time in Florida with the Federal Writers project in the May/June 2015 "Sources and Strategies" article in Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies.
Posted in: African American History, Culture and Folklife, Poetry and Literature
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
If you believe the Web (and who doesn't believe everything they read on the Web?), it boastfully celebrated its 25th birthday last year. Twenty-five years is long enough for the first "children of the Web" to be fully-grown adults, just now coming of age to recognize that the Web that grew up around them has irrevocably changed.
Posted in: Contemporary United States (1945-present), Lesson Ideas, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Before 1938, child labor was a controversial topic, as arguments raged over the benefits and harms of children working in factories, on farms, and in the streets as news and delivery boys. Persuasive messages filled the media, asking the American people and legislators to protect children by requiring education and limiting working hours.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
During the webinar, Library staff will model primary source teaching strategies and highlight historic newspapers available through the Chronicling America project.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
As the end of my internship draws near and I look back at all I have learned, one thing sticks out: I have been surprised by how exciting analyzing primary sources can be. I watched as teachers at our workshops sat with images in front of them, and their facial expressions went from an initial blank stare to expressions of full engagement and wonder as they looked at every detail of an image to answer questions like: What is the image trying to convey? Why? Who created it? In groups, the teachers became excited students working together to analyze an image.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies