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Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
The basic goal of a portrait is to capture the likeness of the subject. But a portrait can offer a lot more information than simply the shape of a face.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Rob Williams first used the Library’s digital newspaper collections more than a decade ago as a high-school teacher of U.S. history in Powhatan County, Virginia, near Richmond. Today, he’s a recording artist—he released his third album, “An Hour Before Daylight,” in October. But he still draws inspiration from the same online resources that captivated his history students.
Posted in: Fine and Performing Arts, Interviews with Experts
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Comparing the narratives in secondary sources to primary sources from the Rosa Parks Papers can foster student inquiry to develop a more complex understanding of her role in the Civil Rights Movement as a life-long activist.
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present), Teaching Strategies, Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
The Rosa Parks Papers at the Library of Congress can promote student inquiry into the complexities of Parks’ life and activism and engage students in analysis about her life and civil rights activism to support or refute popular depictions of Parks in civil rights narratives.
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present), Teaching Strategies, Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Two articles about Patrick Gilmore's June 1869 peace jubilee in Boston, an event many students and teachers may not be familiar with, might pique students' interest in learning about the event and lend themselves to structured evaluation and analysis of each source of information
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Fine and Performing Arts, Lesson Ideas