Celebrate the history and diverse cultures of Asian Pacific Americans through the foci of primary source images, documents, oral histories, and more. You'll also find related lesson plans, stories, interactives, and streaming webcasts--come explore! Lesson plans & activity ideas Collection Connections: After the Day of Infamy: “Man-on-the-Street” Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor Collection Connections: Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at … [Read more...]
Primary Source Learning: Veteran Teaching Resources & Strategies
November 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
"The Veterans History Project of the American Folklife Center collects, preserves, and makes accessible the personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war." The Teaching with the Library of Congress blog provides some great starting points for using the Veterans History Project in class activities. More veteran-related primary source and teaching resources are listed below. Veterans' oral history … [Read more...]
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