Cold War Newspapers: Primary Sources and Perspective Taking
Posted by: Colleen Smith
Engage students in comparing perspectives in two newspaper articles about the Cold War.
Posted in: Contemporary United States (1945-present), Teaching Strategies
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Slow Down and Shift Perspective
Posted by: Colleen Smith
With practice, students can apply new ways of thinking about events that otherwise might seem like foregone conclusions.
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present), Teaching Strategies
Changing Historical Perspective with Mathematical Reasoning
Posted by: Danna Bell
How can mathematical reasoning be used to offer a fresh historical analysis on a topic? Explore charts from the Statistical Atlas from 1890 for some suggestions.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math
Free Webinar – Foundations: Analyzing Multiple Perspectives– July 20, 2-3pm ET
Posted by: Danna Bell
How can primary sources help students explore the multiple perspectives of an event? This webinar will provide teaching ideas to support your students.
Posted in: News and Events, Teaching Tools
Online Educational Events: Using the Library of Congress Digital Music Collections, July 21, and Analyzing Multiple Perspectives, July 22
Posted by: Danna Bell
Hope you will join us for our professional development activities for the week of July 20th including using the Library's music collections and helping students explore multiple perspectives when analyzing primary sources.
Posted in: News and Events
Primary Sources for Musical Learning: Analyzing the Musical Perspectives of Marian Anderson and Harry T. Burleigh in Deep River
Posted by: Danna Bell
On Easter Sunday 1939, one of America’s greatest voices sang on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. She donned a fur coat against the fifty-degree bluster to perform outdoors. Despite the direct intervention of the First Lady, performance venues across Washington, D.C., had refused to open their stage doors to the world renowned African American contralto, Marian Anderson.
Posted in: African American History, Fine and Performing Arts
Earthrise 50th Anniversary: A Lesson on Perspective
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
How do we view our planet Earth? What do elementary or middle school students understand about what it was like for people who saw Earth for the first time from Apollo 8, the first crewed mission to the moon?
Posted in: Contemporary United States (1945-present), Science Technology and Math
Exploring Different Perspectives on World War I Through Different Responses to the Armistice
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
In the October 2017 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, our & "Sources and Strategies" article features two manuscript documents from individuals with very different responses to the armistice that ended the major fighting of World War I.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Veterans and Military History
Viewing Loyalty and Sedition During World War I through Multiple Perspectives
Posted by: Danna Bell
Identifying and reflecting on multiple perspectives can help students develop a more rounded, nuanced understanding of history.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Teaching Strategies, Teaching Tools