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Posted by: Anne Savage
What better way for young students to learn about three early presidents than to explore documents from the time period - including letters, school work, diagrams and drawings created by the men themselves?
Posted in: Government and Law, Teaching Strategies, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Anne Savage
Looking for a way to observe Constitution Day in your classroom or library? Choose from among several ready-to-go activities.
Posted in: Constitution, Government and Law, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Anne Savage
Did you know that the Library of Congress has three primary source sets that were designed with the early elementary grades in mind?
Posted in: Lesson Ideas, Teaching Tools, Young Learners
Posted by: Anne Savage
Information literacy standards require students to think about the creator’s purpose and determine the meaning of symbols. The Thomas Jefferson Building: Secret Messages is an online activity that helps students do both.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Anne Savage
Find unique primary sources for every day of the school year at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Teaching Tools
Posted by: Anne Savage
What’s a good way to get started with primary sources? Here’s a guide to blog posts about using the Library’s Primary Source Analysis Tool to begin investigating historical documents.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Anne Savage
So, your students have analyzed a primary source. What is the next step. Explore the Teachers Guides to Analyzing Primary Sources and tips from Teacher in Residence Earnestine Sweeting.
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Posted by: Anne Savage
Do your students love to ask questions? Or would they rather just have the answers? The Primary Source Analysis Tool can help you guide them, either way.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Anne Savage
What’s the difference between an observation and an inference? It’s a distinction that’s key to critical thinking.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies, Teaching Tools