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Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Just in time for Constitution Day, the Library's newest primary source set centers on Alexander Hamilton, a key contributor to the shaping and debate surrounding the U.S. Constitution.
Posted in: Government and Law, Revolution and the New Nation (1764-1815)
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
In the November-December 2018 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, our “Sources and Strategies” article focuses on one document used in the battle against mob violence against African Americans: a 1921 report from the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary in support of a bill to make lynching a federal crime.
Posted in: Government and Law, Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Lesson Ideas, News and Events
Posted by: Danna Bell
Chronicling America has fourteen Native American newspapers within its collections. These papers cover most of the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth.
Posted in: Native American History
Posted by: Danna Bell
Reflecting on related primary sources can provide students with a fun way to employ mathematical thinking to understand the history of sports such as baseball up to the present day.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Science Technology and Math
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Explore two new interactives that support student inquiry into Congress and civic participation.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
As the school year gets underway, we'd like to welcome old friends and new to another year of the Teaching with the Library of Congress blog!
Posted in: Lesson Ideas, News and Events
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