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Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
By observing the musical elements of political songs, students can become more aware of music’s influence in political discourse and more fully equipped to participate in such discourse.
Posted in: Fine and Performing Arts, Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Primary sources such as the letters and diaries of Civil War Nurse Mary Ann Bickerdyke offer rich insights into the lives of real people. The fragmented, personal nature of these sources requires careful reading in context and comparison across multiple accounts to glean information and construct understanding.
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Veterans and Military History, Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Comparing the narratives in secondary sources to primary sources from the Rosa Parks Papers can foster student inquiry to develop a more complex understanding of her role in the Civil Rights Movement as a life-long activist.
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present), Teaching Strategies, Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
The Rosa Parks Papers at the Library of Congress can promote student inquiry into the complexities of Parks’ life and activism and engage students in analysis about her life and civil rights activism to support or refute popular depictions of Parks in civil rights narratives.
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present), Teaching Strategies, Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
In the January/February 2017 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, our “Sources and Strategies” article features items from the Rosa Parks Collection.
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present), Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
To make Women's History Month come alive, consider focusing on the life and works of individual women from United States history.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
In honor of the 102nd birthday of civil rights legend Rosa Parks, the Library's director of Educational Outreach, Lee Ann Potter, wrote the following post for the main Library of Congress blog about the many cards and letters students wrote for Ms. Parks over the years.
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present), News and Events, Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
This summer, attending the Library of Congress Summer Teacher Institute took me back to the “awe” of history. Seeing the diary entry from the night President Lincoln was shot, and being able to see the emotion in the writing…You don’t get that in a transcript or in a modified document.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts, Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
May is Bike Month, a time to celebrate the many reasons that people around the world ride bicycles. In the United States, bicycles exploded in popularity in the 1890s. Although at first limited to the wealthy, bicycle use quickly became widespread.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Women's History