Analyzing Primary Sources: Learning from Music Primary Source Learning: Sheet Music Collections & Teaching Resources Tech Tool: Sheet Music Scanner Guided primary source analysis activities Learning from the Source lesson plans Can music and dance change public opinion? lesson plan Music Division educational videos Minerva’s Kaleidoscope music blog posts Library of Congress Curriculum Units for…
This summer the Primary Source Nexus teaching resource blog will sport a slimmed down look as we are hard at work finalizing the first unit of our new Teaching with Primary Sources multidisciplinary civics-focused inquiry curriculum, creating a website to house the lessons, and revamping our website to highlight more learning resources and programs. The…
Today in History–July 8–the Library of Congress features the Great Depression, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell to its lowest point on this day in 1932. During the Great Depression many families lost their homes because they could not pay their mortgages so they sought alternative forms of shelter. Groups of these makeshift houses were often…