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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
Posted by: Colleen Smith
In the March/April 2025 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, our “Sources and Strategies” article highlighted a political cartoon that appeared in the September 22, 1909, issue of Puck Magazine. The image, “Lights and Shadows”, contains a wealth of opportunities for students to explore connections between the environment, politics, economics, and public health.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Science Technology and Math, Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Michael Apfeldorf
This blog post illustrates how STEM teachers can use free primary sources related to the famous female inventor, Beulah Henry, to engage students in three-dimensional learning.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math, Teaching Strategies, Women's History