TPS Consortium Update May 2025
Get content you won’t find anywhere else—news, resources, PD + other opportunities & more—with this monthly curated collection of updates from the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS)…
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Women’s Suffrage: Analyzing Conditional Arguments in Historical Primary Sources
Can your students identify the logical reasoning within a persuasive argument and evaluate it for legitimacy? A pair of documents from the Library’s Mass Persuasion Campaigns primary source set…
The Price of Pollution: Helping Students Visualize Relationships Between Economic Concepts and Environmental Issues with a 1909 Political Cartoon
This post is by Ralph Pantozzi, a 2024-2025 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow at the Library of Congress. In the March/April 2025 issue of Social Education, the journal of the…
Today in History: Abraham Lincoln’s Cooper Union Speech
Today in History–February 27–the Primary Source Nexus features Abraham Lincoln’s Cooper Union speech, delivered on this…
Today in History: Barbara Jordan Born
Today in History–February 21–the Library of Congress features legislator Barbara Jordan, who was born in Houston, Texas, on this day in…
Collections Spotlight: World History & Culture
World Geography & Cultures Africa Middle East Asia & South Pacific Europe The Americas Exploring World…
Teaching Now: Place-Based Learning
With place-based learning, students use inquiry to study the built and natural environments that surround them…
NHD 2025: Student Resources
Students, we have compiled a big list of resources to help you dig deep into National…
NHD 2025 Teacher Resources
Educators, check out these resources to help you as you guide students through the development of…
Primary Source Spotlight: The Ute People
Background from the Southern Ute Indian Tribe website: “The Ute people are the oldest residents of…
Collections Spotlight: Revolutionary Women
Women in the American Revolution Research Guide Unveiling of the Memorial to the Mothers of the…
Collections Spotlight: Nina Otero-Warren
Adelina “Nina” Otero-Warren’ was a member of the National Woman’s Party Advisory Council and a leader…
