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Posted by: Danna Bell
What does May 1, May Day, mean to your students? For some it is a day to celebrate. For others it is a day to commemorate. Some may not have any associations with the date. The words “May Day” can also mean a warning of danger or a reminder to be aware that something is coming and to prepare.
Posted in: Culture and Folklife, Holidays
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Children’s Book Week (April 29 to May 5, 2019), the Library of Congress has launched a unique online collection of 67 historically significant children’s books published more than 100 years ago. Drawn from the Library’s collections, Children’s Book Selections are digital versions both of classic works still read …
Posted in: Poetry and Literature, Young Learners
Posted by: Danna Bell
By understanding a work’s original context, intent, message, and audience, creators can use cultural referents to frame new ideas. Public-domain classics achieve a continually evolving immortality as they are re-imagined by new generations of creative minds. Public domain works, through creative adaptation, can be used to create a commentary on the original work, engage contemporary issues, create opportunities for cross-cultural dialogue, and promote cultural change.
Posted in: Copyright, Fine and Performing Arts, Poetry and Literature
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
To kick off our celebration of Children’s Book Week (April 29-May 3), we invite you to tune into our live stream on Monday, April 29th, beginning at 10 am EDT. We will be livestreaming a special program from the Young Readers Center in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. Local authors who are members of the Children’s Book Guild of Washington, DC, will be reading twenty special children’s books from the Library’s collections.
Posted in: News and Events, Poetry and Literature, Young Learners
Posted by: Danna Bell
The multidimensional nature of music allows artists to explore and communicate complex perspectives. Through exploring the Fort Valley recordings, students can discern how performers connect musical elements and cultural referents to create strong, nuanced messages.
Posted in: African American History, Fine and Performing Arts, Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945)
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
The Library of Congress houses the largest archival collection of Walt Whitman materials in the world, all of which have are now available online. Seeing portions of Whitman's poems in various stages of composition reveals both his very active creative mind and his innovative ways of seeing the world and crafting poetic expressions.
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), News and Events, Poetry and Literature
Posted by: Danna Bell
Those of you who are regular visitors to our twitter feed may remember seeing occasional tweets about the blog From the Catbird’s Seat from the Poetry and Literature Center at the Library. There are many wonderful posts From the Catbird Seat, but of special interest to many teachers will be the “Teacher’s Corner.”
Posted in: Lesson Ideas, Poetry and Literature
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
The Library of Congress's An American Ballroom Companion, an extensive online collection of over 200 dance manuals, is augmented with a video directory of 75 steps and dances. These historic movement patterns invite students to analyze elements of form through physical, as well as verbal, expression.
Posted in: Fine and Performing Arts
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) will host its annual conference in St. Louis on April 11-14 and there are many ways for attendees - and everyone - to learn more about what the Library of Congress offers to science teachers.
Posted in: News and Events