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Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve just added 50 newly streaming recordings to the online Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature collection for your listening pleasure.
Posted in: News and Events, Poetry and Literature
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Use primary source sets to teach about child labor in the United States.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Teaching Tools
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
This process of observing, of reflecting on observations along with prior knowledge, and of generating questions about a primary source is valuable in itself. It also can serve as a springboard into further research.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
This posts highlights workshops that were offered by the 2018-2019 Library of Congress Teacher In Residence Carolyn Bennett.
Posted in: Fine and Performing Arts, News and Events
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
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
One hundred years ago, on January 25, 1919, the delegates to the Paris Peace Conference approved a proposal to create the League of Nations. Nearly a year later, on January 16, 1920, the League held its first meeting with its stated principal mission of maintaining world peace.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Teaching Tools, World History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
How do we view our planet Earth? What do elementary or middle school students understand about what it was like for people who saw Earth for the first time from Apollo 8, the first crewed mission to the moon?
Posted in: Contemporary United States (1945-present), Science Technology and Math
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Staff from the Library of Congress will be in booth 151 at the annual convention of the National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE) in Houston on November 16-18, and we'd love to chat with you and give you a personalized tour of the Library's primary source collections, teaching materials, and professional development resources.
Posted in: News and Events, Poetry and Literature
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
We're delighted to announce that the Woodrow Wilson Papers are now online. Held in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division, these papers constitute the largest collection of original Wilson documents in the world, and provide teachers and students with many opportunities for discovery.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945)