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Posted by: Danna Bell
This summer, Educational Outreach staff and panels of colleagues, from in and outside of the Library, reviewed 81 proposals submitted in response to a nationwide search for organizations interested in joining the TPS Consortium with new and exciting ways to reach teachers across the county.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Danna Bell
Do you need additional resources to celebrate the second half of Hispanic Heritage month? The Library of Congress has some wonderful materials for you and your students.
Posted in: Hispanic American History, Lesson Ideas
Posted by: Danna Bell
We know that 2011-2013 Teacher in Residence Earnestine Sweeting is bringing her skills to teachers in her school district as an Instructional Coach. She left behind a number of outstanding blog posts.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies, Teaching Tools, Young Learners
Posted by: Danna Bell
Sara Trettin, formerly Suiter, our 2010-2011 Teacher in Residence, was one of the first coordinators for the Teaching with the Library of Congress blog. She wrote and edited some of the first posts and provided a solid framework as we added more writers and continued to shape the blog and its message.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts, Lesson Ideas, Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Danna Bell
Rebecca Newland, 2013-15 Teacher in Residence, is supporting the needs of faculty and students in a school library. She also continues to contribute to the Library of Congress Poetry Center's blog, From the Catbird Seat.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts, Lesson Ideas, Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Danna Bell
In anticipation of Constitution Day, our "Sources and Strategies" article in the September 2016 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, suggested provoking student interest in civic responsibility with an 18th century diary entry. The featured entry was that of James McHenry, written on September 18, 1787.
Posted in: Constitution, Government and Law, Revolution and the New Nation (1764-1815)
Posted by: Danna Bell
Constitution Day is September 17, and here are some resources from the Library of Congress for learning more and teaching about this important day in United States history.
Posted in: Constitution
Posted by: Danna Bell
Here are a few of Tom Bober's Multimedia Moments:
Posted in: Interviews with Experts, Lesson Ideas, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Danna Bell
Here are a few of Trey's blog posts on Primary Sources in Science Classrooms.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math