Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with Primary Sources
Posted by: Danna Bell
Use murals as part of your Hispanic Heritage Month classroom activities.
Posted in: Culture and Folklife, Hispanic American History
Category: Culture and Folklife
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
“Heaps of Fun”: Games, Rhymes, and Riddles in the Library’s Collections
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
VHP’s New Online Exhibit: Transcribed Correspondence Collections
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
Free Puzzles through Chronicling America: Maze Edition
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
Savoring Ice Cream with Primary Sources
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
We Love Lucy…Roadside Architecture and Pachyderm Primary Source Analysis
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
Barber Shops, Primary Sources, and Our Need to Connect
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)
Developing Students’ Discipline-Specific Thinking by Studying Cultural Documentation
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