Primary Source Learning: State Connections
The Library of Congress has compiled individual primary source sets for every state in the country (as well as a set related to U.S. territories) and this week the Teaching with the Library of Congress blog provides teaching ideas for using this rich set of resources. Be sure to check out the primary source collections below as well.
More state resources
- Featured Source: States & Territories in Population 1790-1890
- Featured Source: Nicknames of the States (1884)
- Featured Source: Robertson’s geographic-historical series, 1492 to present (1898)
- Learning from the Source: Geographical conversation cards
- Today in History: County & State Fairs
- Today in History: Transcontinental Railroad Completed
- How the States Got Their Shapes webcast
- The State of What?? U.S. States that Never Made the Cut In Custoida Legis blog, May 10, 2012