Topical Guides to the Chronicling America Newspaper Database
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Explore topical guides for Chronicling America, the historic American newspaper database.
Posted in: Primary Source Highlights
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Teacher Webinar, Thursday April 23: Primary Sources and Chronicling America
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
During the webinar, Library staff will model primary source teaching strategies and highlight historic newspapers available through the Chronicling America project.
Posted in: News and Events
How Did Americans Observe the 100th Anniversary of the Signing of the Constitution?
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
How do you observe Constitution Day?
Posted in: Constitution
Primary Sources for Musical Learning: America’s Changemakers in Song: Celebrating Music In Our Schools Month with Library of Congress Primary Sources
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Throughout the nineteenth century, singing schools supported building music skills for community singing in church and home
Posted in: Fine and Performing Arts, News and Events
12 Years a Slave: Primary Sources on the Kidnapping of Free African Americans
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Currently 12 Years a Slave, the film version of the true story of Solomon Northup, is showing in theaters. His account is a powerful one: A free African American, Northup was kidnapped in 1841 and taken from New York to Washington, D.C., then to New Orleans, where he was sold into twelve years of slavery. A study of primary sources from the Library of Congress indicates that Northrup's experience was far from unique.
Posted in: African American History, National Expansion and Reform (1815-1860)
Primary Sources for Native American Heritage Month
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
The Library of Congress has many resources related to the experiences and contributions of Native Americans to our nation.
Posted in: Native American History
Read All About It: A New Teacher’s Guide to Analyzing Newspapers
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Now there's one especially for working with newspapers. Pair this guide with the printable or online primary source analysis tool to guide students into deeper analysis and reflection of primary sources from the online collections of rich historical primary sources from the Library of Congress.
Posted in: News and Events, Teaching Tools
Join Us in Washington, D.C., for NCSS
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
The Library's education team - and subject matter experts from many divisions of the Library - will be at the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) annual conference in Washington, D.C., on December 5-6. Visit us in Booth #241!
Posted in: News and Events
Declaring War on Japan in 1941: Challenging Students to Explore Multiple Perspectives on a Presidential Speech to Congress
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
In the September 2025 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, our “Sources and Strategies” article features Franklin Delano Roosevelt's speech to both chambers of Congress and the Supreme Court on December 8, 1941. The article asks: How did the U.S. Constitution, signed on September 17, 1787, influence the nation’s reaction to an event more than 150 years later?
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945)