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Posted by: Danna Bell
Explore how news about the adoption of the United States constitution was shared with citizens.
Posted in: Constitution, Revolution and the New Nation (1764-1815)
Posted by: Danna Bell
Learn more about the Our Common Purpose series of lectures from the Kluge center, the teacher workshops that took place after each lecture and the creator of the poster that accompanied the series.
Posted in: Government and Law
Posted by: Danna Bell
This post is by Lee Ann Potter, the director of the Professional Learning and Outreach Initiatives office at the Library of Congress. Both of my children are graduating this spring—my son from college and my daughter from high school! As I think about how the time has flown, I am also imagining the adventures that …
Posted in: Fine and Performing Arts
Posted by: Danna Bell
See how an email exchange documented the power of primary sources to inspire inquiry and fuel conversations about the things that make us wonder.
Posted in: Holidays, Science Technology and Math
Posted by: Danna Bell
Explore the path the Constitution followed to ratification in North Carolina and Rhode Island with articles from the Gazette of the United States.
Posted in: Constitution, Revolution and the New Nation (1764-1815)
Posted by: Danna Bell
Consider having a watch party with your students and share comments on videos from the Library of Congress and the National Book festival.
Posted in: Contemporary United States (1945-present), News and Events, Poetry and Literature
Posted by: Danna Bell
Today's post is highlighting some online interactives and mobile apps that feature the Library’s collections and were developed specifically for students by our Teaching with Primary Sources partners.
Posted in: News and Events, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Danna Bell
In the September 2019 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, our “Sources and Strategies” article featured two pages from James Madison’s Original Notes on Debates at the Federal Constitutional Convention which described the events of Monday, June 18, 1787.
Posted in: Constitution, Government and Law, Revolution and the New Nation (1764-1815)
Posted by: Danna Bell
In the Sources and Strategies article, we explained that receipts for personal expenses such as these - for initiation fees, annual and lifetime membership dues, taxes, and donations - can provide starting points for conversations with students about a wide variety of economic topics from personal spending to investing to stewardship, and more.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas, Teaching Tools