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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
Posted by: Colleen Smith
Blog posts, classroom materials, and resources from the Library offer ideas that can support teaching and learning about Women's History Month in different subjects (Science/STEM, Social Studies, English Language Arts) and across grade levels.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math, Women's History
Posted by: Michael Apfeldorf
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.
Posted in: African American History, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
This blog post is by Jessica Fries-Gaither, a 2024-2025 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow at the Library of Congress. It is one in a series exploring how to analyze primary sources through the three-dimensions of the National Research Council’s “A Framework for K-12 Science Education” and the Next Generation Science Standards. How clean is your …
Posted in: Science Technology and Math, Women's History
Posted by: Colleen Smith
Lee Ann Potter describes her Prime Time talk describing connections over space, time, and fellowship among select items from the Library's collections.
Posted in: African American History, Women's History
Posted by: Colleen Smith
Read about strategies for using maps to prompt student questions that can be explored with data.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Science Technology and Math
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
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.
Posted in: Copyright, News and Events
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Apply now to attend professional development for teachers at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Posters by Vera Bock for the Federal Art Project provide opportunities for student exploration.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945)