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Citizen U Bulletin Volume 1, Issue 2
SUBSCRIBE CIVICS IN ACTION Citizen U Weaving civics across grades and disciplines Click the blocks to access, use and rate Featured Lessons TPS Civics Educator Micro-credential Program Grant-supported spots in the 2020 cohort still available! Apply now Our American Voice Action-based civics education program Click the blocks to access, like and share Heritage […]
TPS Spotlight: TPS Teachers Network
The TPS Teachers Network, is a free professional social media platform, funded by a grant from the Library of Congress, designed to host and facilitate conversations, connections, and collaborations among educators of all stripes—teachers, professors, librarians, pre-service teachers, administrators, and more—all focused on using primary sources to improve student learning. Through a variety of content-focused […]
Primary Source Spotlight: Great Migration
Primary sources A Century of Negro Migration: The Exodus During the World War 1918 Negro migration historic newspaper articles Image sets African Americans in the United States 1910-1970 (scroll to sort further by years or location) Black Belt, Chicago Negro housing Colored housing Integration Segregation Nicodemus, Kansas primary source set Elmer Thomas life history Online […]
Citizen U Bulletin Volume 1, Issue 1
SUBSCRIBE CIVICS IN ACTION Citizen U Weaving civics across grades and disciplines Click the blocks to access, use and rate . Featured Lessons These elementary lessons from former Library of Congress teacher in residence and current teacher librarian Tom Bober, connect civics-themed picture books with primary sources. . TPS Civics Educator Micro-credential Program Grant-supported spots […]
Primary Source Learning: States of the Union as Civic Learning Opportunity
The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) has put together a list of resources for educators to help students understand, analyze, and respond to the upcoming State of the Union. The resources are divided into sections that include the following: Youth Perspectives, the Speech and Its Media Coverage, and Background […]
World Spotlight: Ukraine
Ukraine primary source set World Digital Library Ukraine maps Ukraine image set Books & articles about Ukraine Final Report – Ukrainian, Chicago Ethnic Arts Project Films & webcasts related to Ukraine U.S. veteran oral histories (service in Ukraine) Oral histories mentioning Ukraine from the Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Ukrainian […]
TPS Spotlight: 2020 Summer Teachers Institute
From the Library of Congress: Applications now available for the 2020 Summer Teachers Institute The Library of Congress is now accepting applications for its week-long summer institutes for K-12 educators. Held at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., this professional development opportunity provides educators of all disciplines with resources and strategies to effectively integrate primary sources […]
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