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Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
As I began to reflect on my year as Teacher-in-Residence, I found myself thinking about a great number of people who have taught me valuable lessons this year.
Posted in: Fine and Performing Arts
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Prepare students to analyze the four versions highlighted here by asking them to recall personal experiences hearing Auld Lang Syne: Who performed, and where? How did the audience respond? What was the purpose of the performance?
Posted in: Fine and Performing Arts, Holidays
Posted by: Danna Bell
Reading and analyzing primary sources can help students understand how people thought about the brain and treated mental illnesses in the early and mid-twentieth century.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math
Posted by: Danna Bell
The Library recently completed digitizing a portion of Theodore Roosevelt's papers, considered to be the largest collection of original Roosevelt documents in the world.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Government and Law
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Explore two new interactives that support student inquiry into Congress and civic participation.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Primary sources such as the letters and diaries of Civil War Nurse Mary Ann Bickerdyke offer rich insights into the lives of real people. The fragmented, personal nature of these sources requires careful reading in context and comparison across multiple accounts to glean information and construct understanding.
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Veterans and Military History, Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Rob Williams first used the Library’s digital newspaper collections more than a decade ago as a high-school teacher of U.S. history in Powhatan County, Virginia, near Richmond. Today, he’s a recording artist—he released his third album, “An Hour Before Daylight,” in October. But he still draws inspiration from the same online resources that captivated his history students.
Posted in: Fine and Performing Arts, Interviews with Experts
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Comparing the narratives in secondary sources to primary sources from the Rosa Parks Papers can foster student inquiry to develop a more complex understanding of her role in the Civil Rights Movement as a life-long activist.
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present), Teaching Strategies, Women's History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
The Rosa Parks Papers at the Library of Congress can promote student inquiry into the complexities of Parks’ life and activism and engage students in analysis about her life and civil rights activism to support or refute popular depictions of Parks in civil rights narratives.
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present), Teaching Strategies, Women's History