Stay Fresh, Poetry 180: 15 New Poems Added
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Former Poet Laureate Billy Collins has added 15 new poems to Poetry 180 for the second half of the school year.
Posted in: News and Events
Archive: January 2018 (8 Posts)
What’s New Online from the LOC? How to Bring It into Your Classroom
Posted by: Danna Bell
Here are just a few of the additions to the Library of Congress web resources available online.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas, Primary Source Highlights
From the LOC (or Wherever You May Be), All the Way to Mars! Part 2
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Our previous post on a recent Mars-related program in the Young Readers Center of the Library of Congress described how students studied historical and current primary sources to prepare them to discuss whether they'd want to visit and possibly to live on Mars.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas, Young Learners
From the LOC (or Wherever You May Be), All the Way to Mars!
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Ponder this: would you want to go to Mars? Would you want to live on Mars? What might you do there? Who would you want to go with you? We posed these questions to student visitors during a program called “Life and Community on Mars” held in the Library of Congress Young Readers Center.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math, Young Learners
Application Now Available for 2018 Library of Congress Summer Teacher Institute
Posted by: Danna Bell
The Library of Congress is now accepting applications for its week-long summer institutes for K-12 educators.
Posted in: News and Events
Mathematics and Primary Sources: The Evolving Postal System
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Analyzing primary sources using mathematical reasoning can help students quantify historical changes over time, giving them a concrete sense of scope and scale, while providing meaningful historical perspective.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math
Helping Students Distinguish Fact from Fiction in Primary Sources
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
William Gropper’s America, its folklore offers a unique visual representation of the United States, combining folklore, history, and geography. This map presents an opportunity to teach students strategies to decipher the difference between fact and fiction within the same primary source.
Posted in: Culture and Folklife
Bringing in the New Year with Sheet Music and Folklore
Posted by: Danna Bell
Ever wonder about the words to Auld Lang Syne?
Posted in: Culture and Folklife, Fine and Performing Arts, Holidays