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Integrating Historical and Geographic Thinking
The following is a guest post by Michael Apfeldorf, a member of the Library’s education team. Primary sources support the study of many disciplines, including both history and geography. One way to...
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Free Teacher Webinar, Thursday March 17: Teaching with Primary Sources in the...
This post was written by Trey Smith, the Library of Congress 2015-16 Science Teacher in Residence. Join us for a one-hour webinar on Thursday, March 17, at 4pm ET to explore how primary sources can...
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Reading Portraits: Analyzing Art as a Primary Source
This post was written by Tom Bober, the Library of Congress 2015-16 Audio-Visual Teacher in Residence, and Briana Zavadil White, Student and Teacher Programs Manager at the National Portrait Gallery....
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Selecting Primary Sources for the Classroom: Supporting Student Research Skills
In a recent post, Library of Congress Teacher-in-Residence Tom Bober described processes for selecting primary sources to use at different points in an instructional sequence. Among many ideas, he...
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Exploring Early American Printing Tools
This is a guest post by Alyssa Molina, an intern with the education team at the Library of Congress as part of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) Internship Program Photograph...
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Primary Sources in Science Classrooms: Dimensions of Water Quality
This post was co-written by Trey Smith, the Library of Congress 2015-16 Science Teacher in Residence, and June Teisan, 2014-15 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow. Throughout history, humans...
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Primary Sources in Science Classrooms: Microbeads, Nanomaterials, and Federal...
This post was written by Trey Smith, the Library of Congress 2015-16 Science Teacher in Residence. The Library of Congress is home to millions of historical primary sources, including documents related...
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Teachers: Ask Us Anything about the Rosa Parks Papers–Reddit AMA Tuesday,...
Rosa Parks in 1956 This Tuesday, teachers and school librarians will have an opportunity to ask Library of Congress experts about the Rosa Parks papers. A Reddit “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) session from 9...
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Multimedia Moment: Exploring Fairy Tales from Long Ago
This post was written by Tom Bober, the Library of Congress 2015-16 Audio-Visual Teacher in Residence. Over the course of his year at Teacher in Residence, Tom will be writing regular posts exploring...
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Don’t Believe Everything You Hear or Read
Mars Peopled by One Vast Thinking Vegetable! Salt Lake Tribune, October 13, 1912 In the most recent “Right to the Source” column in NSTA’s magazine The Science Teacher, Michael Apfeldorf discusses...
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