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Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Learn more about Congress.gov and the features that allow users to track information as well as find more detailed information that will help students better understand the legislative process.
Posted in: Government and Law
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Use data analysis to explore the workings of the electoral college.
Posted in: Government and Law, Presidents
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
At first glance, most students, and even many adults, might dismiss these shorthand notes as a page of scribbles, but they sketch out a plan for international peace.
Posted in: Government and Law, Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945)
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Students experience the thrill of using primary sources by looking at items relating to presidential inaugurations.
Posted in: Government and Law
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
It is difficult to miss talk of the upcoming presidential election. Speeches, debates, and soundbites fill television screens, newspapers, and websites. But unless you attend a live event for a presidential nominee, you may not hear his or her campaign song, typically a familiar, popular song selected to shape how voters perceive the candidate. Campaign songs from long ago, original scores or popular songs with rewritten lyrics, did the same.
Posted in: Fine and Performing Arts, Government and Law, Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945)
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Unlike some of the other areas addressed in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, schools are something familiar to all students, so even the very young can deepen their understanding of the conditions that led to the legislation.
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present), Government and Law, Lesson Ideas
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Primary sources can help students explore just how controversial voting rights were in the century preceding the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present), Government and Law
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
National Deaf History Month, March 13 to April 15, celebrates deaf history and promotes awareness of American deaf culture. Library of Congress primary sources provide interesting glimpses into this rich cultural heritage for your students to explore.
Posted in: Culture and Folklife, Government and Law
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Inaugurations have evolved from this simple oath to include a series of events that both commemorate a transition of power and engage the public. A presidential inauguration also provides teachers and students a powerful lens through which to examine the principles at the foundation of American government—the rule of law, checks and balances, republicanism.
Posted in: Government and Law