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Posted by: Danna Bell
For Asian American Pacific Islander heritage month learn about the resources you can use with your students available from the Library.
Posted in: Asian American History, World History
Posted by: Danna Bell
How can primary sources help students learn about a country's culture?
Posted in: World History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Teach world history and culture? Look at the resources the Library of Congress has to offer you and your students.
Posted in: World History
Posted by: Danna Bell
Cynthia Smith of Geography and Maps discusses a collection of historic atlases featuring the major cities of the Netherlands.
Posted in: Geography and Maps, World History
Posted by: Danna Bell
Explore the maps found in the writings of Jules Verne in this blog post by Cynthia Smith of the Geography and Maps Division.
Posted in: Geography and Maps, World History
Posted by: Danna Bell
See how issues of science and politics connect in a discussion on who owns Antarctica.
Posted in: Contemporary United States (1945-present), Science Technology and Math, World History
Posted by: Danna Bell
Explore the use of Latin in historic maps and learn some basic Latin terms used in maps.
Posted in: Geography and Maps, World History
Posted by: Danna Bell
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.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies, World History
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