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Poster shows crowd of smiling people purchasing Liberty Bonds from "Uncle Sam"

The Many Emotions of Purchasing a Liberty Bond: Understanding Persuasive Posters

Posted by: Michael Apfeldorf

Just One Day: Using a Newspaper Front Page as a Window to Inquiry and Research

Posted by: Cheryl Lederle

Excerpt from a newspaper page with the headline "True Democracy" written at the top and text that supports women's suffrage.

Women’s Suffrage: Analyzing Conditional Arguments in Historical Primary Sources

Posted by: Michael Apfeldorf

Illustration shows a fat businessman reclining on a large coin, basking in the bright light of "Special Privilege" while dreaming of castles in the air; on the other side of the coin is factory life in dark and polluted Pittsburgh, and where factory workers struggle to flip the coin blocking the light from their city and their lives.

The Price of Pollution: Helping Students Visualize Relationships Between Economic Concepts and Environmental Issues with a 1909 Political Cartoon

Posted by: Colleen Smith

Kent State: Exploring Accounts of a Tragic Event Through Primary Sources

Posted by: Cheryl Lederle

Highlights from the Library’s Blogs

Posted by: Cheryl Lederle

Poster shows the head of a man with a spider's body on a web. Text reads: "Don't Talk. Spies are Listening"

Mass Persuasion Campaigns: A New Primary Source Set for Educators

Posted by: Michael Apfeldorf

Well-dressed woman sits on an arm chair with a baby doll on her lap.

Beulah Henry Finds Invention Inspiration in Everyday Items: Primary Sources in Three-Dimensional Science Learning

Posted by: Michael Apfeldorf

Text from a set of remarks in the Congressional Record (1959)

The Congressional Record as a Primary Source for Teaching About the Cold War

Posted by: Colleen Smith