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Posted by: Danna Bell
Explore our research guide on African American studies and find materials you might use in the classroom.
Posted in: African American History
Posted by: Danna Bell
Use articles on measles epidemics to support teaching strategies, such as close textual analysis and comparing and contrasting, to help students gain insights into the historical connections between science literacy and citizen behavior.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math
Posted by: Danna Bell
Join us for our series with the Prints and Photographs Division, Double Take. Learn more about analyzing and using photographs in your classroom.
Posted in: News and Events, Primary Source Highlights
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Is your school or organization a nonprofit? Are you running a program having an impact on literacy? Then consider applying for one of the Library of Congress Literacy Awards.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Explore how to utilize primary sources from the 1918 influenza pandemic to enhance a math lesson.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas, Science Technology and Math
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
A newly updated teacher resource from the Library of Congress, Inaugurations: Stepping into History, provides teachers and students with an opportunity to investigate inaugurations past using rich primary sources from the Library's online collections.
Posted in: Government and Law, Presidents
Posted by: Danna Bell
Learn about the online research guide for middle and high school students that will help them locate and use digitized resources, find research inspiration, definitions for primary and secondary sources, strategies for searching primary and secondary sources on the Library’s website and beyond, and suggestions on citing resources appropriately.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Teachers are encouraged to remind students that they are eyewitnesses to history and to encourage them to create primary sources that capture their experiences,
Posted in: Contemporary United States (1945-present), Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Teaching with Primary Sources Intern Celia Roskin shares science learning activities to engage students with primary sources from the 1918 influenza pandemic in comparison with 2020-2021’s coronavirus pandemic.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Science Technology and Math