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Primary Source Spotlight: Korean War
The Korean War: Not Forgotten Stories from the Veterans History Project On the Line In Support In the Air Korean War veteran oral histories Korean War Propaganda Leaflet Collection 4 Corners of the World September 26, 2017 Picturing the Korean War Folklife Today July 28, 2015 Korean War memorial image sets Washington D.C. Springfield, IL […]
Citizen U Bulletin Volume 2, Issue 4
Bulletin Volume 2, Issue 4 SUBSCRIBE CIVICS IN ACTION Citizen U Weaving civics across grades and disciplines Click the links to access, like and share New Lessons Tactics in the March to Suffrage Students examine the tactics supporters of the woman suffrage movement used in their long quest to gain the right to vote through […]
Primary Source Spotlight: Three-Fifths Compromise & the Northwest Ordinance
U.S. Constitution Article I Section 2 Clause 3 Fragment of an original letter on the slavery of the negroes; written in the year 1776, by Thomas Day, Esq James Madison correspondence related to slavery Madison Debates, Avalon Project June 11, 1787 July 11, 1787 July 12, 1787 August 8, 1787 August 25, 1787 The Constitution […]
Finding Resources: LOC.gov Teachers’ Section
The Teachers section of the Library of Congress website is chock full of ready-made classroom materials, free professional development and many more resources for educators. Below we describe the resources and provide links to get you what you need quickly. Teaching with Primary Sources Partner Program grantees, who comprise the TPS Consortium, deliver TPS professional […]
Analyzing Primary Sources: Tools & Guides
Primary sources, as described by the Library of Congress, “are the raw materials of history — original documents and objects that were created at the time under study. They are different from secondary sources, accounts that retell, analyze, or interpret events, usually at a distance of time or place. Bringing young people into close contact with […]
Collection Spotlight: African American Perspectives
“African American Perspectives” gives a panoramic and eclectic review of African American history and culture and is primarily comprised of two collections in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division: the African American Pamphlet Collection and the Daniel A.P. Murray Collection with a date range of 1822 through 1909. Most were written by African-American authors, […]
Citizen U Bulletin Volume 2, Issue 3
Bulletin Volume 2, Issue 3 SUBSCRIBE CIVICS IN ACTION Citizen U Weaving civics across grades and disciplines Click the links to access, like and share New Lessons We Shall Overcome Students analyze historical and contemporary primary sources to examine how citizens persevered to overcome injustice and affect change during the 1960s civil rights era […]
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