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Resources from the Library of Congress for Teaching English and Language Arts

Posted by: Cheryl Lederle

Staff from the Library of Congress will be in booth 504 at the annual convention of the National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE) in Columbus, Ohio, November 17-19. We’d love to hear about your work and give you a personalized tour of the Library’s primary source collections, teaching materials, and professional development resources. But whether or …

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Educator Webinar: Tapping the Power of Teaching with Visual Images

Posted by: Cheryl Lederle

On Tuesday, September 23, at 7 PM ET, education experts from the Library will offer a webinar that will engage participants in a model photograph analysis activity, facilitate a discussion about the power of teaching with visual images, and demonstrate how to find visual images from the Library of Congress. Throughout the year, the Library will be hosting educator webinars every other Tuesday at 7:00 ET focusing on a variety of instructional strategies for using primary sources in instruction. The 2014 schedule and information about joining the webinar is now available from loc.gov/teachers.