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Posted by: Danna Bell
With the addition of the National Screening Room and other film resources to the Library of Congress online collections, students can now study political advertisements that were shown in movie theaters or on television.
Posted in: Contemporary United States (1945-present), Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Lesson Ideas
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
As the school year gets underway, we'd like to welcome old friends and new to another year of the Teaching with the Library of Congress blog!
Posted in: Lesson Ideas, News and Events
Posted by: Danna Bell
On a day-to-day basis, I'm reviewing digitized newspaper pages from across the United States for adherence to technical requirements. The newspaper pages, digitized as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a joint project of the Library, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and state cultural heritage institutions, are made available online through Chronicling America.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts, Lesson Ideas
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Have you ever considered using a literary map with your students? In the May/June 2018 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, our “Sources and Strategies” article features literary maps for the humanities classroom.
Posted in: Geography and Maps, Lesson Ideas, Poetry and Literature
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
What was the great cause that brought together civic leaders, public health officials, and the president of the United States? Playgrounds.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Lesson Ideas
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
As any debate team knows, the ability to communicate arguments and craft rebuttals extemporaneously can be essential. We began wondering how historically well-regarded orators fared with extemporaneous speaking. What might President Abraham Lincoln, for example, have said on the subject?
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Lesson Ideas
Posted by: Danna Bell
Here are just a few of the additions to the Library of Congress web resources available online.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas, Primary Source Highlights
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Our previous post on a recent Mars-related program in the Young Readers Center of the Library of Congress described how students studied historical and current primary sources to prepare them to discuss whether they'd want to visit and possibly to live on Mars.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas, Young Learners
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Two articles about Patrick Gilmore's June 1869 peace jubilee in Boston, an event many students and teachers may not be familiar with, might pique students' interest in learning about the event and lend themselves to structured evaluation and analysis of each source of information
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Fine and Performing Arts, Lesson Ideas