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Posted by: Danna Bell
This summer, Educational Outreach staff and panels of colleagues, from in and outside of the Library, reviewed 81 proposals submitted in response to a nationwide search for organizations interested in joining the TPS Consortium with new and exciting ways to reach teachers across the county.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Danna Bell
In anticipation of Constitution Day, our "Sources and Strategies" article in the September 2016 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, suggested provoking student interest in civic responsibility with an 18th century diary entry. The featured entry was that of James McHenry, written on September 18, 1787.
Posted in: Constitution, Government and Law, Revolution and the New Nation (1764-1815)
Posted by: Danna Bell
Recently I updated our guide to World War I materials, which contains links to online photographs, documents, newspapers, films, sheet music, and sound recordings from the war. With the centennial of the U.S. entry into WWI approaching, I expect that the WWI guide will be particularly useful for teachers and students.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Interviews with Experts
Posted by: Danna Bell
As we prepare to celebrate Abraham Lincoln's birthday on February 12th and George Washington's birthday on the 15th we thought it might be helpful to remind our readers of some of the resources we have on the presidents of the United States.
Posted in: Government and Law, Holidays
Posted by: Danna Bell
Are you looking for ways to celebrate George Washington or others who have held the highest office in the United States? Teaching with the Library of Congress has published a number of posts documenting their lives and experiences using primary sources from the Library's collections.
Posted in: Government and Law
Posted by: Danna Bell
In the October 2014 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, our "Sources and Strategies" article focused on the presidential election of 1864.
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Constitution, Presidents
Posted by: Danna Bell
July highlights include the assassination of President James Garfield and the ratification of the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution...
Posted in: Lesson Ideas
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: Danna Bell
In his June 1st post celebrating the beginning of the Teaching with the Library of Congress blog's second year of publication, Stephen Wesson pointed out that for teachers and students the Library of Congress “represents a source of discovery and learning unlike any other. Last week when I joined twenty-seven K-12 educators at the second of five 2012 Summer Teacher Institutes in Washington, D.C., I did indeed witness nonstop discovery and learning in a unique and awe-inspiring setting.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas