“O, fatal day. O, noble victim. Treason has done its worst. The President has been assassinated.” This hand-written diary entry, dated half past 10 o’clock PM, April 14, 1865, concludes simply, “I have just come from near the scene, it is too True.”
When is the pencil mightier than the camera? When it is recording the action on a Civil War battlefield.
How can we help students develop close observation skills?
The city of brotherly love welcomed the Library of Congress with open arms as the ISTE 2011 conference got underway.
On Monday June 27, the Library of Congress will be opening its booth at ISTE 2011, the International Society for Technology in Education’s annual gathering in Philadelphia.
The Library of Congress has a large online collection of posters from World War I, a time when especially engaging and effective posters were in use.
Learn more about the “Battle Hymn of the Republic”.
Philadelphia has always been a great place for gatherings, from the Continental Congress to the present day, and the Library will continue that tradition when its staff joins ISTE 2011, the International Society for Technology in Education’s annual gathering at the end of June. The Library of Congress will be there to present effective strategies […]
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