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Posted by: Danna Bell
Join us for Online Office Hours on STEM related items from the Manuscript Division and a webinar on selecting primary sources.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Danna Bell
What do museums and libraries consider when displaying maps? This post from the Geography and Maps Division blog provides some suggestions.
Posted in: Geography and Maps
Posted by: Danna Bell
How can you use different primary sources in different formats to help students learn more about the Great Migration?
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present), Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945)
Posted by: Danna Bell
Explore the hidden gems in the Library of Congress that could help you learn more about your local history.
Posted in: Geography and Maps, Lesson Ideas
Posted by: Danna Bell
Get engaged with the National Book Festival by encourage your students to use the 30 second look to analyze posters from the past book festivals.
Posted in: Teaching Tools
Posted by: Danna Bell
Use the big idea or theme of an exhibition to help students understand and connect personally with the primary sources used.
Posted in: African American History, Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Danna Bell
Using photographs from the Library's collections, teachers can encourage students to recognize similarities and differences between their lived experiences and those of children in the past.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Young Learners
Posted by: Danna Bell
Learn more about the Question Formulation Technique (QFT), a strategy through which individuals develop their ability to ask, work with, and use their own questions and consider how to employ it in a classroom situation.
Posted in: African American History, Science Technology and Math
Posted by: Danna Bell
My hope is that my work to create source materials on Civil War nurses situates nurses in the heart of the Civil War and proves their importance in the growing war historiography.
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Women's History