Looking Back: Top Content of 2019 | Citizen U Primary Source Nexus

Citizen U was happy to be able to provide another year of great content highlighting Library of Congress primary sources and strategies and ideas for teaching with primary sources. In 2019 we added more Citizen U lessons, which integrate inquiry-based civics across core curriculum disciplines—English-language arts, math, science, and social studies—in elementary, middle school, and high school grades.

Below we link to our top 50 content for 2019. But, remember, there is so much more to discover. Click on the menu headers—Primary Sources, Learning Resources, Teaching Strategies—or the colored section headers in the Browse TPS-Barat Content box to uncover more. Another great way to find useful sources is to browse through the Themed Link Sets, available from most pages. You also won’t want to miss the Featured Sources section, which contains hundreds of guided primary source analysis activities for students in elementary school, middle school, and high school; consider using these to supplement a lesson, as bellringers, or as literacy skill practice when you have a sub.

We believe that learning with primary sources help students become information literate, a skill we all need if we are to be informed citizens. We’re always interested to hear how you are teaching and learning with primary sources from the Library so if you have something to share or have a topic you would like to see highlighted, please contact us. Happy New Year!