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Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Apply now to join us onsite at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. for a 3-day free professional development workshop where you’ll learn and practice strategies for using primary sources with K-12 students. Three sessions will be offered this summer: July 5-7 July 12-14 July 17-19 Apply for a workshop! Note: These onsite events …
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Are you going to the National Council of Teachers of English conference? We'll be there too!
Posted in: News and Events, Poetry and Literature
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Take a look at primary sources from your state and see how you can use them to engage your students.
Posted in: Primary Source Highlights, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Poetry appears in unexpected places at the Library of Congress. Here are suggestions on where to find it.
Posted in: Poetry and Literature
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Learn about how the Red Cross made live tableaux of some of their World War I posters in the post by Jan Grenci from the Picture This blog from the Prints and Photographs Division.
Posted in: Fine and Performing Arts, Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945)
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
This post, written by Lesley Anderson, 2021-2022 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow, will provide ideas on how to help students learn about Thomas Edison and the phonograph.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math, Young Learners
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Einstein Teacher Fellow Peter DeCraene explores how newspapers use imagery and analogies to help readers understand large numbers and make them more accessible.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Einstein Teacher Fellow Lesley Anderson shows how to use scientific illustrations to learn more about the attributes of animals such as bats.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Einstein Teaching Fellow Peter DeCraene shows how newspaper articles can be used to encourage digital literacy and in this instance a bit of math.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math