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Posted by: Colleen Smith
Introducing students to different versions of the Declaration pf Independence may encourage deeper knowledge of its contents and encourage students to ask thoughtful questions about the time and place it was created.
Posted in: Constitution, Lesson Ideas, Revolution and the New Nation (1764-1815), Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Michael Apfeldorf
This post features a variety of primary source analysis activities using the Library of Congress's Winter Free to Use and Reuse set.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Colleen Smith
Primary sources from the Library of Congress can help students consider how young people belong to, participate in, and can act as helpers and leaders within a community.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies, Young Learners
Posted by: Colleen Smith
Maps from the Library's collection offer teachers a range of tools for helping students see, think about, and construct questions about a sense of place.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies, Young Learners
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
Posted by: Michael Apfeldorf
The post features primary sources and teaching strategies illustrating how photographs have been used as part of mass persuasion campaigns.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Colleen Smith
Analyzing two different versions of "You're a Grand Old Flag" allows students both to hone their listening skills and to consider how music changes over time and how word choice may shift depending on historical and cultural contexts.
Posted in: Fine and Performing Arts, Primary Source Highlights, Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Michael Apfeldorf
Apply information literacy skills to WWI era media that appeals to emotion.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Literacy, Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Michael Apfeldorf
Using primary sources related to the women's suffrage movement, the blog includes information literacy strategies for understanding how persuasive arguments are constructed.
Posted in: Literacy, Teaching Strategies, Women's History