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Posted by: Danna Bell
The year 2019 marks the 150th anniversary of Dmitry Mendeleyev’s ground-breaking Periodic Table of the Elements, and provides an opportunity both to celebrate Mendeleyev’s historic accomplishment and to reflect on important lessons that students can learn about the nature of science from his experiences.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Science Technology and Math
Posted by: Danna Bell
Join Library of Congress education specialists for a free one-day Teaching with Primary Sources professional development program featuring the papers of Rosa Parks on February 2, 2020 from 9am-3pm at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
Posted in: African American History, News and Events
Posted by: Danna Bell
Examining historical statistical atlases is a useful way for students to practice geographic thinking and data literacy skills while gaining insights into American history.
Posted in: Geography and Maps, Government and Law
Posted by: Danna Bell
As the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros square off in the 2019 World Series, you and your students can visit the Library of Congress online to explore how the game has evolved.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945)
Posted by: Danna Bell
Explore the relationship between scientific literacy and civic behavior through newspaper articles written to discourage the popular practice of “measles parties.”
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Government and Law, Science Technology and Math
Posted by: Danna Bell
Join us at the Library of Congress on October 19th from 9am-3pm for a special one-day professional development event on Women's Suffrage, open to K-12 educators of all disciplines interested in incorporating primary sources into their classroom instruction.
Posted in: News and Events, Women's History
Posted by: Danna Bell
Sometimes analyzing primary sources can help us reflect on commonplace aspects of our culture that we take for granted, illustrating how arbitrary they are, or how they change over time. John Collins’ 1939 “Proposed Utopian Calendar”, an attempt to reform the Gregorian calendar, provides an opportunity for students to practice historical, mathematical, and scientific reasoning to reflect on how humans have historically sought to organize our activities.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math
Posted by: Danna Bell
The Library also decided to try something new. Members of the Learning and Innovation team contacted two local high schools with active media production programs for students and asked whether they might be interested in learning about the Omar Ibn Said and helping us tell its story through film.
Posted in: African American History, Lesson Ideas, News and Events
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
In the January-February 2019 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, our “Sources and Strategies” article discusses the Life of Omar ibn Said, the only known extant narrative written in Arabic by an enslaved person in the United States. Analyzing this unique manuscript provides students with an opportunity to expand their understanding of some of the people who were brought to the United States from Africa to be enslaved. How educated were they? What did they believe?
Posted in: African American History, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Teaching Tools, World History