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Posted by: Colleen Smith
Maps from the Library's collection offer teachers a range of tools for helping students see, think about, and construct questions about a sense of place.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies, Young Learners
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
The Library's education team - and subject matter experts from many divisions of the Library - will be at the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) annual conference in Washington, D.C., on December 5-6. Visit us in Booth #241!
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Michael Apfeldorf
The blog announces the launch of the 2026 Library of Congress Summer Teacher Institute application form and invites educators to apply to the program.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Colleen Smith
A new primary source set from the Library of Congress features 18 primary sources that teachers can use to bring forward the nature of science while also addressing science content standards about paleontology, the fossil record, and geologic time.
Posted in: Primary Source Highlights, Science Technology and Math
Posted by: Colleen Smith
The Library of Congress, its Affiliated Centers for the Book, and PBS Books are working in partnership to create a video series that explores the vibrant literary heritage of the United States. Each installment will focus on a different U.S. state or territory, showcasing the profound influence that local writers, poets, and storytellers have had on the cultural identity of their region.
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Posted by: Michael Apfeldorf
The blog post announces the Library of Congress' presence at the September 17-20, 2025 Association for Rural and Small Libraries conference and shares free resource links of possible interest to librarians.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Colleen Smith
An Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow (2024/25) reflects on his fellowship at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts
Posted by: Colleen Smith
An Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow (2024/25) reflects on the experiences she had during her fellowship at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts
Posted by: Colleen Smith
Chronicling America is one of many digital collection gems that the Library has to offer teachers and students. The collection gives users access to selected digitized national newspapers published through 1963. Newspapers, as a type of primary source, help students imagine what it might have been like to live in a particular time or place: consuming media of different historical eras can help to slow down the big events of history and see how they were experienced in real time.
Posted in: Primary Source Highlights