Highlights from the Library’s Blogs
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Selected blog posts from the Library of Congress that may be of interest to educators; topics range from the scholarly to the playful.
Posted in: Primary Source Highlights
Category: Primary Source Highlights
Paleontology, Past and Present: A New Primary Source Set for Educators
Posted by: Colleen Smith
A new primary source set from the Library of Congress features 18 primary sources that teachers can use to bring forward the nature of science while also addressing science content standards about paleontology, the fossil record, and geologic time.
Posted in: Primary Source Highlights, Science Technology and Math
Community: People and Places – A New Primary Source Set for Educators
Posted by: Colleen Smith
A new primary source set from the Library of Congress features 18 items that help students identify, connect to, and expand on aspects of what makes communities function and thrive.
Posted in: Primary Source Highlights, Young Learners
A Reflection: Why Asking Questions About Primary Sources Matters
Posted by: Colleen Smith
A reflection from a Library staff member about how observing, reflecting, and asking questions of a source can lead to valuable discoveries and build new understandings.
Posted in: Constitution, Primary Source Highlights, Teaching Strategies
Highlights from the Library’s Blogs
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Explore some of the Library's many blogs and the resources available for classroom use.
Posted in: Primary Source Highlights
Closer Look: Chronicling America
Posted by: Colleen Smith
Chronicling America is one of many digital collection gems that the Library has to offer teachers and students. The collection gives users access to selected digitized national newspapers published through 1963. Newspapers, as a type of primary source, help students imagine what it might have been like to live in a particular time or place: consuming media of different historical eras can help to slow down the big events of history and see how they were experienced in real time.
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Resources for National History Day Projects
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Whether students are interested in examining a historic revolution, exploring social reactions to a particular event or idea, research the origins of a reform movement, or identify a topic that includes elements of all three Rs, the Library of Congress has online resources to support their 2025 National History Day project.
Posted in: Primary Source Highlights
Closer Look: Research Guides
Posted by: Colleen Smith
The Library's vast digital resources offer enormous possibilities— so many that it can feel overwhelming and it can be hard to know where to start. Experienced reference staff and subject specialists at the Library create research guides that address a variety of topics to help patrons find what they are looking for.
Posted in: Primary Source Highlights
Closer Look: Today in History
Posted by: Colleen Smith
Today in History, a resource from the Library, offers teachers essays about historic events in combination with related digitized primary sources from the Library’s online collections. Entries also include additional resources and search strategies for discovering more in the collections.
Posted in: Primary Source Highlights