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Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Primary sources can help students explore just how controversial voting rights were in the century preceding the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present), Government and Law
Posted by: Danna Bell
December highlights include the attack on Pearl Harbor and the arrest of Rosa Parks for civil disobedience.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
These resources offer an enormous variety of choices and unleash students' imaginations as to how they want to tell the story. We start with the available analysis tool and teacher’s guides and work from those to expand our projects.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts, Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Primary sources have great instructional power, and are increasingly important in standards, including the Common Core State Standards. In this blog, you'll hear from us every few days as we highlight engaging items from the Library's free online collections, along with ready-to-use teaching ideas.
Posted in: Teaching Tools
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
July highlights include the origins of Independence Day and a new capital of the United States, Washington, D.C.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
The Library of Congress and the National Archives exist to preserve pieces of history and culture.
Posted in: Government and Law
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
A recent blog post on presidential inaugurations noted that while the Constitution requires only an oath of office, presidential inaugurations have evolved to include many more activities. Many of these elements, including inaugural addresses, are documented in primary sources from the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Presidents
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Inaugurations have evolved from this simple oath to include a series of events that both commemorate a transition of power and engage the public. A presidential inauguration also provides teachers and students a powerful lens through which to examine the principles at the foundation of American government—the rule of law, checks and balances, republicanism.
Posted in: Government and Law
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
The original Constitution of the United States was nearly mute on voting rights, ceding them to the states to determine. This, the second of two posts exploring the struggles of two groups to gain full voting rights, will take a look at the long road toward the full enfranchisement of women.
Posted in: Government and Law, Women's History