Learn how a Spanish teacher incorporated the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape (AHLOT) into her class curriculum after realizing that this collection of audio recordings of literary figures from the Hispanic world would be a useful tool for enhancing her students’ language skills and their knowledge about Hispanic literature and culture.
Analyzing primary sources, just like sharing my personal pictures, has provided students with first hand information from the past. This allows students to build connections between the concept being learned and the primary source and leads to powerful learning.
The maker movement seems to be a current topic, but it had some interesting ancestors during the 1700s and 1800s! While perusing the amazing digitized collections at the Library of Congress, I was fascinated to discover organizations in early America that reminded me of today's makers.
On a spring day, gather your students together and make a list of activities children do in springtime. When ideas have been generated, tell students they are going to analyze two images from the past to discover what children did in spring.
Now we have a way for teachers to bring Library of Congress professional development programming into their homes and classrooms whenever they want it. The Library's education staff has been building a collection of short videos to help teachers enhance their professional learning. The 40 videos focus on building awareness of the Library's various collections as well as on the effective use of these primary source materials.
Kristi Finefield of the Library's Prints and Photographs Division has developed a series of videos that can help students learn how to look at a photograph to find details and hints to construct answers.
