In the September 2019 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, our “Sources and Strategies” article featured two pages from James Madison’s Original Notes on Debates at the Federal Constitutional Convention which described the events of Monday, June 18, 1787.
Explore the relationship between scientific literacy and civic behavior through newspaper articles written to discourage the popular practice of “measles parties.”
Some might argue that existing presidential shrines add a touch of majesty, yet the article provokes the questions: What are the many ways in which the U.S. memorializes its presidents, and why?
2018 was a banner year for additions to the Library's online resources. Here is a list of a few new resources you may want to explore or share with your students.
How do we know our medicine is safe? Students can explore primary sources to see how medicines were marketed in the nineteenth century and how Congress responded.
In the November-December 2018 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, our “Sources and Strategies” article focuses on one document used in the battle against mob violence against African Americans: a 1921 report from the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary in support of a bill to make lynching a federal crime.
The Library recently completed digitizing a portion of Theodore Roosevelt's papers, considered to be the largest collection of original Roosevelt documents in the world.
Just in time for Constitution Day, the Library's newest primary source set centers on Alexander Hamilton, a key contributor to the shaping and debate surrounding the U.S. Constitution.
We know that many teachers are looking for materials relating to current scientific issues, and we've found amazing resources on current issues in science in an unexpected place: Congress.gov.
