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Posted by: Danna Bell
In the March/April issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, our “Sources and Strategies” article focused on technologies and ideas related to effective communication.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), News and Events, Science Technology and Math
Posted by: Danna Bell
In the October 2013 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, our “Sources and Strategies” article anticipated Veterans’ Day and suggested strategies for broadening student understanding of wartime experience through original works of art and personal accounts.
Posted in: Holidays, Teaching Strategies, Veterans and Military History
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
This month teachers have two new opportunities to join the discussion about great books and other primary sources.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Sharing ideas is a critical part of all great teaching, and now the Library of Congress has a new tool for exchanging ideas with the nation’s K-12 teachers: @TeachingLC, its new Twitter feed for educators.
Posted in: News and Events, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
“What I did on my summer vacation” has been a favorite theme of back-to-school essays and posters for generations! This fall, the education team at the Library of Congress approached this staple assignment with a bit of a twist.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Men who endeavored to cross Antarctica on wooden skis are featured in the photos taken nearly 100 years ago by one man, Frank Hurley. They were part of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914, led by Sir Ernest Shackleton
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Science Technology and Math