Remembering “A Thanksgiving Truce”
Posted by: Danna Bell
The Learning and Innovation Office hopes that you have a peaceful Thanksgiving.
Posted in: Holidays
Archive: 2018 (93 Posts)
Resources from the Library of Congress for Teaching English and Language Arts
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Staff from the Library of Congress will be in booth 151 at the annual convention of the National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE) in Houston on November 16-18, and we'd love to chat with you and give you a personalized tour of the Library's primary source collections, teaching materials, and professional development resources.
Posted in: News and Events, Poetry and Literature
How Could You Use Primary Sources in Your STEM Classroom? Find Out at the National Science Teachers Association Area Conference on Science Education!
Posted by: Danna Bell
Join the LC Learning and Innovation Office staff for a workshop at the NSTA Area Conference 11/16/18 from 12:30 p.m.- 1:30 p.m. If you're unable to join us at NSTA in November, you can still browse the many teaching resources available online related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Posted in: News and Events, Science Technology and Math
Primary Sources for Musical Learning: Join the Library of Congress at NAfME and Explore Our Musical Resources
Posted by: Danna Bell
Whether or not you attended the NAfME conference, you can explore these avenues to music education resources.
Posted in: Culture and Folklife, Fine and Performing Arts, News and Events
Native American Newspapers: Studying the History through the Eyes of the Community
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
Readers, Writers, and Gruffalos: Looking Back at the Imagination Library Story Time Series at the Library of Congress
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
From March through August of 2018, on the last Friday of each month, there was a Story Time for young readers at the Library featuring a book from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, often read by the author.
Posted in: News and Events
Inspiring Citizen Action with the National Screening Room
Posted by: Danna Bell
In the October 2018 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, our “Sources and Strategies” article focuses on a film featured in the Library's new National Screening Room,
Posted in: Fine and Performing Arts, Lesson Ideas
Celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Frankenstein with Monstrous Primary Sources and Frankenreads!
Posted by: Danna Bell
Did you know that it's been 200 years since Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrote the classic horror novel Frankenstein? Learn how the Library of Congress will celebrate this notable anniversary.
Posted in: News and Events
Primary Sources for Musical Learning: Skin and Bones for Halloween
Posted by: Danna Bell
Around Halloween, children are often introduced to the startling folk song “Skin and Bones.
Posted in: Culture and Folklife, Fine and Performing Arts, Holidays