In the September 2025 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, our “Sources and Strategies” article features Franklin Delano Roosevelt's speech to both chambers of Congress and the Supreme Court on December 8, 1941. The article asks: How did the U.S. Constitution, signed on September 17, 1787, influence the nation’s reaction to an event more than 150 years later?
Whether students are interested in examining a historic revolution, exploring social reactions to a particular event or idea, research the origins of a reform movement, or identify a topic that includes elements of all three Rs, the Library of Congress has online resources to support their 2025 National History Day project.
A new primary source set from the Library of Congress features 18 historical primary sources that teachers can use to facilitate analyzing primary sources related to intentional, sustained mass persuasion campaigns.
This blog offers free primary sources and teaching strategies to help students reflect on how some WWI-era music sought to invoke a singular American identity.
Lee Ann Potter describes her Prime Time talk describing connections over space, time, and fellowship among select items from the Library's collections.
