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Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Timelines are timesavers for busy teachers, and the Teaching with the Library of Congress blog has highlighted some. The Teachers page offers even more, and the busy start of school seems like an auspicious time to point out a few.
Posted in: Teaching Tools
Posted by: Danna Bell
Looking for ideas for Constitution Day? Explore this blog post for suggestions for classroom studies.
Posted in: Constitution, Government and Law
Posted by: Danna Bell
Wonder how rumors get started and how they are spread? The World War II Rumor collection explores that topic. Learn more from a post provide by the American Folklife Center.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945)
Posted by: Danna Bell
November highlights include the exploring the origins of Veterans Day, the establishment of four Standard Time Zones for the continental U.S., and the opening of the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas
Posted by: Danna Bell
January highlights include the first of over twelve million immigrants entering the United States through Ellis Island and the ratification of the Treaty of Paris...
Posted in: Lesson Ideas
Posted by: Danna Bell
The first post of this two-part series offered ten tips for filling classroom spaces with engaging primary source displays to promote systematic critical thinking. This second post lists ten ways to introduce primary sources into pedagogy. No matter your grade level or subject, the ten ideas start from this basic premise: For every lesson a primary source!
Posted in: Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Danna Bell
December highlights include the attack on Pearl Harbor and the arrest of Rosa Parks for civil disobedience.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas
Posted by: Danna Bell
November highlights include Abraham Lincoln’s delivery of the Gettysburg Address and the opening of the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas
Posted by: Danna Bell
October highlights include the birth of the nineteenth U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes and the swearing in of the first African American Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas