New Virtual Student Workshops
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Learn more about the Library of Congress virtual workshops for students.
Posted in: News and Events, Teaching Tools
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Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Learn more about the Library of Congress virtual workshops for students.
Posted in: News and Events, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Learn about the updates to the Teachers Page.
Posted in: News and Events, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Danna Bell
Today's post is highlighting some online interactives and mobile apps that feature the Library’s collections and were developed specifically for students by our Teaching with Primary Sources partners.
Posted in: News and Events, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Danna Bell
One tool to make the process more engaging is to use the Library of Congress’ official site for federal legislative information, Congress.gov. The website offers a variety of information to support student learning. The Legislative Process section provides nine short videos detailing specific aspects of how a bill becomes law.
Posted in: Government and Law, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Use primary source sets to teach about child labor in the United States.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Teaching Tools
Posted by: Danna Bell
In the Sources and Strategies article, we explained that receipts for personal expenses such as these - for initiation fees, annual and lifetime membership dues, taxes, and donations - can provide starting points for conversations with students about a wide variety of economic topics from personal spending to investing to stewardship, and more.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
In the January-February 2019 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, our “Sources and Strategies” article discusses the Life of Omar ibn Said, the only known extant narrative written in Arabic by an enslaved person in the United States. Analyzing this unique manuscript provides students with an opportunity to expand their understanding of some of the people who were brought to the United States from Africa to be enslaved. How educated were they? What did they believe?
Posted in: African American History, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Teaching Tools, World History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
One hundred years ago, on January 25, 1919, the delegates to the Paris Peace Conference approved a proposal to create the League of Nations. Nearly a year later, on January 16, 1920, the League held its first meeting with its stated principal mission of maintaining world peace.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Teaching Tools, World History
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