August in History with the Library of Congress
Posted by: Danna Bell
August highlights include the 30th U.S. President, Calvin Coolidge, taking the oath of office and the origins of the Oregon Territory.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas
Category: Lesson Ideas
July in History with the Library of Congress
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
July highlights include the origins of Independence Day and a new capital of the United States, Washington, D.C.
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June in History with the Library of Congress
Posted by: Danna Bell
June highlights include Flag Day and the beginning of summer.
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Informational Text: Child Labor Reform Panels and Multimedia in the Early 20th Century
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Common Core State Standards and many other standards require that students compare informational texts in different media. However, multimedia texts aren’t limited to the 21st century. In fact, one of the most compelling multimedia campaigns in U.S. history was launched more than one hundred years ago, using paper, glue, and an effective set of persuasive techniques.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Lesson Ideas, Teaching Strategies
Primary Sources: Is Seeing Always Believing?
Posted by: Danna Bell
Primary sources are original documents and objects which were created at the time under study. We know that primary sources can show a certain point of view or a certain perception about an event. But students may not think about the reasons why a particular primary source was created.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Lesson Ideas, Teaching Strategies
Teaching with Informational Text: Historic Newspapers from the Library of Congress
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Where can you find a wide range of authors writing from varied points of view, making arguments with appeals to evidence, rich with rhetorical strategies and figurative language, often using a number of different media, all in one package? In historic newspapers.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas, Teaching Strategies, Teaching Tools
Teaching with the Library of Congress: Top Posts of 2012
Posted by: Danna Bell
“The Library of Congress means many different things to many people,” wrote Stephen Wesson at the start of the second year of the Teaching with the Library of Congress blog. “But for teachers and students it represents a source of discovery and learning unlike any other.” He noted that the first year of the blog had looked at a variety of topics and provided teaching suggestions that help unlock the potential of our unique primary sources.
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