Join Us in Boston for NCTE and NCSS
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Coming to Boston for NCTE or NCSS? We'll be at both conferences.
Posted in: News and Events
Archive: 2024 (8 Posts)
“Vote!” Election Day Pages in Historic Newspapers
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Historic newspapers allow students to explore twentieth-century articles and advertisements that encouraged Americans to vote.
Posted in: Contemporary United States (1945-present), Government and Law, Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945)
Politics by Torchlight: Wide-Awake Clubs in 19th-Century Politics
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
What are the Wide-Awake clubs and how do they relate to 19th century elections?
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), National Expansion and Reform (1815-1860), Presidents
New Video: Primary Sources in a K-12 Classroom
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
A new video from the Library of Congress shows a high school science teacher using primary sources with her students.
Posted in: News and Events, Science Technology and Math, Teaching Strategies, Uncategorized
Welcome Back to the Classroom and to Teaching with the Library
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Here's to the start of a new year and to new resources to use in the classroom.
Posted in: News and Events
A Salute and a Look Ahead at the End of the School Year
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
A celebration of the end of the school year with information on posts relating to the primary source sets on political parties and the great migration.
Posted in: News and Events
The Library’s Pinterest Board for Teachers Has a New Look
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Learn more about the Library's Pinterest board for educators.
Posted in: News and Events
Child Labor: A New Primary Source Set for Teachers from the Library of Congress
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Learn more about our new primary source set on Child Labor in the United States.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945)