Nostalgia During the Civil War: A Perplexing Condition Among Soldiers
Posted by: Danna Bell
Learn more about Civil War Nostalgia, a early form of PTSD.
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Veterans and Military History
Archive: 2022 (93 Posts)
Education in Enslaved Communities
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Learn about Susie King Taylor, the first Black Civil War nurse, and her fight to obtain an education during slavery.
Posted in: African American History, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)
Down the Rabbit Hole
Posted by: Danna Bell
A fond farewell from Peter DeCraene, 2020-22 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow for the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts
A Change of Direction Inspired by Library of Congress Explorations
Posted by: Danna Bell
A fond farewell from Lesley Anderson who finishes her term as the 2021-2022 Einstein Teaching Fellow at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts
In Conversation: LC Labs staff and Einstein Educator Fellow discuss library data, STEM education, and Primary Source Analysis
Posted by: Danna Bell
Eileen J. Manchester of LC Labs and Peter DeCraene, the 2020-2022 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow at the Library of Congress reflect on how messy, yet rewarding, it is to think of library collections as data in a classroom educational setting.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts, Science Technology and Math, Teaching Tools
Congressional Reactions to the Moon Landing in the Bound Congressional Record
Posted by: Danna Bell
Learn how members of Congress responded to the moon landing from this post originally from In Custodia Legis.
Posted in: Contemporary United States (1945-present)
Swampland in Florida
Posted by: Danna Bell
How have the Everglades been mapped over time and what names have been used to describe this area. This blog post by Amelia Raines of the Geography and Maps Division uses maps to answer these questions.
Posted in: Geography and Maps
Who Claims the Arctic?
Posted by: Danna Bell
How can students use maps to identify the maritime boundaries of the arctic and the impact on who owns Antarctica?
Posted in: Geography and Maps, Science Technology and Math
Fostering Student Analysis of Newspaper Poetry Related to the Influenza Pandemic of 1918
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Learn about the poems written about the flu during the pandemic of 1918 and 1919.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Poetry and Literature