Explore the History of Your Family and Community
Posted by: Danna Bell
Explore genealogy and consider how you can incorporate that into your classroom activities.
Posted in: Culture and Folklife, Lesson Ideas, Teaching Tools
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Posted by: Danna Bell
Explore genealogy and consider how you can incorporate that into your classroom activities.
Posted in: Culture and Folklife, Lesson Ideas, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Danna Bell
What are some of the games children play and how does the Library document them?
Posted in: Culture and Folklife, Young Learners
Posted by: Danna Bell
Megan Harris reports on the work of the Veterans History Project to transcribe material from its collections.
Posted in: Culture and Folklife, Veterans and Military History
Posted by: Danna Bell
Learn about the puzzles that can be found in the newspapers from Chronicling America.
Posted in: Culture and Folklife, Lesson Ideas, Primary Source Highlights, Young Learners
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Explore primary sources related to ice cream across time with Amara Alexander, the 2019-20 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Culture and Folklife, Science Technology and Math
Posted by: Danna Bell
Learn how roadside architecture including Lucy the Elephant can be used in primary source analysis.
Posted in: Culture and Folklife, Young Learners
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
The February 2020 Sources and Strategies article from Social Education suggests that studying a photograph may serve as an entry point to further exploration of a city, including its history, geography, economics, and the role of civics in shaping the community.
Posted in: Culture and Folklife
Posted by: Danna Bell
Every family has its own story, which each member has their own power to shape. Exploring the stories of the families that are depicted in historical artifacts can not only help students discover the rich variety of families that have formed and re-formed throughout history.
Posted in: Culture and Folklife, Lesson Ideas