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Posted by: Danna Bell
January highlights include the first of over twelve million immigrants entering the United States through Ellis Island and the ratification of the Treaty of Paris...
Posted in: Lesson Ideas
Posted by: Danna Bell
December highlights include the attack on Pearl Harbor and the arrest of Rosa Parks for civil disobedience.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas
Posted by: Danna Bell
November highlights include Abraham Lincoln’s delivery of the Gettysburg Address and the opening of the Library of Congress.
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Posted by: Danna Bell
October highlights include the birth of the nineteenth U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes and the swearing in of the first African American Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
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Posted by: Stephen Wesson
I wanted to share some ideas for using the unique primary sources at the Library of Congress to choose a topic that's a little off the beaten path.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Part of the power of teaching with primary sources comes from their immediacy—eyewitness accounts of historic events can have an emotional impact that secondary sources might lack. This is especially true of primary sources relating to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Posted in: Contemporary United States (1945-present), Lesson Ideas, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
“What I did on my summer vacation” has been a favorite theme of back-to-school essays and posters for generations! This fall, the education team at the Library of Congress approached this staple assignment with a bit of a twist.
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Posted by: Danna Bell
September highlights include the first celebrated Labor Day and the publication of the nation’s first daily newspaper.
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Posted by: Danna Bell
I hope that this blog post prompted readers to consider how recently-created primary sources reflect our current biases and prejudices.
Posted in: Holidays, Lesson Ideas