The Photographs from the FSA and OWI collection provide vivid scenes of the harshness of life in rural America during the Great Depression. Students can observe the effects of New Deal relief work by comparing pictures of makeshift shelters and tent cities with resettlement camps and showcase housing. Look at images of tents, migrant camps, and labor camps for examples. You might…
The Teaching with the Library of Congress blog has started to publish primary source starters–quick, easy-to-use activity ideas using primary sources from the Library’s collections. The first uses Thomas Jefferson’s rough draft of the Declaration of Independence to help students think critically about the process that produced the document. Get all the details by reading…
In the Teaching and Learning category, we will highlight strategies for incorporating primary sources into teaching and learning activities, lessons, and projects. Some of these will come from the Barat team, some from the Library, but most will come from the fabulous teachers out in the field who are innovating every day. If you have…