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Posted by: Danna Bell
Are your students beginning their research for the National History Day contest? Many of the millions of Library of Congress digitized primary sources highlight events that led to triumph or tragedy.
Posted in: News and Events, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Danna Bell
As we take a moment to stop and celebrate the birthday of the United States of America, pause and think about the ways in which you and your family celebrated Independence Day when you were a child.
Posted in: Holidays, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Danna Bell
Back in December 2017, a colleague of ours here at the Library published a short piece in the Music Educator's Journal highlighting the many video recordings of musical performances at the Library of Congress hosted on the Library’s YouTube channel. Focusing on videos documenting the American Folklife Center’s Homegrown concert series, Lee Ann Potter (Director, Educational Outreach) noted that these resources offer great value to teachers and students. What is that value, and how can we here at the AFC help realize it?
Posted in: Culture and Folklife, Fine and Performing Arts, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Poets compose verse to celebrate love, mourn losses, and inspire action. To mark National Poetry Month this year, we revisit past posts about poetry and strategies for teaching poetry:
Posted in: Poetry and Literature, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Ms. Woodson offered many thoughtful responses during the Q&A session, but her advice about feedback and whether student writers should submit their work to friends for critique intrigued us.
Posted in: News and Events, Teaching Tools