TPS Consortium Update March 2024
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Women’s History Teaching Ideas for the K-5 Teacher
We often get requests from teachers who work with younger students for primary sources or activities to use with younger students. Here are a few resources and teaching ideas…
New Technologies and Voter Information
“American politics will never be the same again.” This quotation from a 1960 advertisement for NBC’s coverage of the presidential election could just as well be from the current…
TPS Spotlight: Resources for Civic Learning
Today, more than ever, we need a fully engaged and informed citizenry to participate in shaping…
Primary Source Spotlight: Equal Rights Amendment
The Equal Rights Amendment, or ERA, may not be dead, but it is not currently part…
Teaching Now: Student Witnesses to History
This is a guest post from Sara Ziemnik, a World History and AP United States History…
Collections Spotlight: Carter G. Woodson
Educator and author Carter G. Woodson co-founded Negro History week in 1926. Carter G. Woodson historical…
Primary Source Spotlight: Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1, 1955, for refusing to give up her bus seat…
Primary Source Spotlight: Bayard Rustin
Bayard Rustin was an openly gay civil rights activist, social reformer, pacifist, AIDS activist, and author…
Literature Links: Indian Boyhood
The primary source set above and the associated learning activities below were inspired by a discussion…
Collections Spotlight: Avalanches & Snow Storms
Avalanches Snow storms/Snowstorms Blizzards Related resources
TPS Spotlight: Library of Congress Self-Paced Professional Development
The first two modules in a series of learning and practicing strategies for teaching with primary…
NHD 2024: Topic Resources
Lexington and Concord Gettysburg and Vicksburg Reconstruction Spanish American War United States Enters World War I…
Collections Spotlight: Holiday & Greeting Cards
Library blog posts Gift Card Designing c1922 Interactive primary source holiday cards Greeting cards image set…
NHD 2024: Student Resources & Strategies
Students, we have compiled a big list of resources to help you dig deep into National…