Using primary sources related to the women's suffrage movement, the blog includes information literacy strategies for understanding how persuasive arguments are constructed.
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 post illustrates how STEM teachers can use free primary sources related to the famous female inventor, Beulah Henry, to engage students in three-dimensional learning.
A key aspect of information literacy is evaluating the relationship between claims and evidence: Do claims follow clearly and logically from evidence? Can the evidence also support alternate claims? Guide students to apply information literacy skills to a 1912 article “Mars Peopled by One Giant Thinking Vegetable.”
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.
A sampling of Library of Congress teacher resources related to the study of African American history, which have been developed and published over the past year.
This post is by Michael Apfeldorf of the Library of Congress.
The Library of Congress has launched a new self-paced professional development module designed to provide educators with an overview of how copyright relates to their use of primary sources.