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Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
The Library of Congress and HISTORY are pleased to announce the publication of a special Idea Book for Educators. It is a companion to the Library of Congress exhibition Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote, and features ideas for teaching with primary sources in a variety of media.
Posted in: News and Events, Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
How can exploring what happened on a unique date such as 2/22/1922 help build student research skills? Lee Ann Potter has some ideas.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Primary Source Highlights
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Teachers are encouraged to remind students that they are eyewitnesses to history and to encourage them to create primary sources that capture their experiences,
Posted in: Contemporary United States (1945-present), Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
See how a discussion about life during the Covid-19 pandemic led to a discussion of primary sources related to the history of barbering and hair cutting.
Posted in: Contemporary United States (1945-present), Culture and Folklife, Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914)
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
In honor of the 102nd birthday of civil rights legend Rosa Parks, the Library's director of Educational Outreach, Lee Ann Potter, wrote the following post for the main Library of Congress blog about the many cards and letters students wrote for Ms. Parks over the years.
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present), News and Events, Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
In the September 2014 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, our "Sources and Strategies" article focused on the economic challenges facing the young United States at the time of the Constitutional Convention. We suggested that continental currency might ignite student interest in the subject.
Posted in: Constitution, Revolution and the New Nation (1764-1815)
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
“What I did on my summer vacation” has been a favorite theme of back-to-school essays and posters for generations! This fall, the education team at the Library of Congress approached this staple assignment with a bit of a twist.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Men who endeavored to cross Antarctica on wooden skis are featured in the photos taken nearly 100 years ago by one man, Frank Hurley. They were part of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914, led by Sir Ernest Shackleton
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Science Technology and Math