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Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Join Sherry Levitt, executive director of Teaching with Primary Sources, Northern Virginia (TPSNVA), for her webinar "One Year in the Life of America." December 14, 2016 at 4pm EST.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Join reference specialist Abby Yochelson, of the Library of Congress Humanities and Social Sciences Division, as she discusses “Books Go to War: Armed Services Editions in World War II” based on the Library's America Reads exhibition.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), News and Events
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
You may have heard that the Library hosted an online conference on October 25-26 called, “Discover and Explore with Library of Congress Primary Sources.” Education experts and subject matter specialists presented 15 different sessions discussing resources and teaching strategies for using primary sources in the classroom. The event was a huge success! We served more than 800 educators through the live event and we expect that number to grow now that the recordings are available. For a limited time, you can still earn a certificate for each presentation you view.
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Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Halloween can also offer a perfect occasion for teachers to engage their students with a primary source lesson that will inform, motivate, and inspire curiosity about the past.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Bring your questions! Bring your experiences! Bring your friends! The Library of Congress is hosting its second online conference for teachers, and you’re invited.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
One highlight of the National Book Festival is the opportunity to talk with so many teachers about the Library's program for K-12 educators. On Saturday we were able to meet more than 120 teachers and school librarians and tell them about the Library's amazing online collections of primary sources, and about the teacher resources available at loc.gov/teachers. Learning from teachers is an important part of our program, and we're grateful that the National Book Festival provides a venue for us to exchange ideas with educators from around the country.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas, News and Events, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
We'll have activities for all ages, all day, but even if you can't get to the Book Festival, you can experience some of the activities. Here are a couple of the ways that we connect books to primary sources:
Posted in: Lesson Ideas, News and Events
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
The Teacher-in-Residence uses Library of Congress resources to create a project that will benefit their hometown or district in the following school year, and I'll be developing primary source portfolios for teachers in grades K-2. The Library of Congress will be my home for the next year. I am humbled, eager, and honored to serve in this position.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Beginning with a pilot program in 2008, the K-12 Web Archiving Program has engaged hundreds of middle and high school students from schools around the United States in selecting, describing, and preserving Web content. Through September 16, the program is accepting applications for new and returning partners from middle and high schools.
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