WHYThese free in-person workshops will help civic-minded educators develop engaged citizens by:improving inquiry-based teaching using Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) methodology; reviewing the elementary through high school inquiry-based Citizen U interdisciplinary civics lessons interacting with the free civics app Engaging Congress; previewing the Library of Congress TPS Civics micro-credential pilot.WHO 6th–12th grade educators in all content … [Read more...]
Citizen U Webinar: The “Four Freedoms” & the Bill of Rights
December 4, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Citizen U lessons infuse civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions across the core subjects in elementary, middle, and high school grades. This interactive webinar will feature practice with interdisciplinary civics, inquiry-based learning, and teaching with primary sources. You'll see how these free lessons can be used in either ELA or social studies classes and how they're differentiated across grade spans from elementary to high school. You’ll also be eligible to enter a drawing for a $50 … [Read more...]
Looking Back: Top Content of 2017
December 27, 2017 by Leave a Comment
TPS-Barat 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. This year we added in a new section under our Teaching & Learning category: Timely Connections. In these posts we connect historical primary sources and resources from the Library with contemporary articles.Below we link to our top 40 content for 2017. But, remember, there is so much more to discover. Please … [Read more...]
Featured Source: Washington Chapter 1917
December 18, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Use the Library of Congress primary source analysis tool to analyze this image. What did you discover? What is the Washington Chapter and what are they doing? What more can you learn from the bibliographic record?Review some related historical newspaper articles to find out more. What did you learn? In what ways did your discoveries inform your understanding of this image? What new questions do you have?Take a look at this set of related images. Select 3-5 of these images and use what … [Read more...]
World Spotlight: Israel
December 14, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Places in the News: IsraelJanuary 2006 July 2006 May 2008 May 2011 Lebanon / Israel : February 2005 Lebanon / Israel : August 2006 Syria/Israel: January 2000 Syria/Israel: October 2000Israel country studyIsrael country profile BBCIsrael timeline BBCIsrael primary source set World Digital LibraryIsrael mapsThe children of IsraelEgypt Israel peace treatyIsrael image setIsrael sheet musicIsrael song recordingsU.S. veteran oral … [Read more...]
Looking Back: Fall 2017 Resources
December 4, 2017 by Leave a Comment
TPS-Barat fell back into the school year by creating resources for students preparing for National History Day (NHD) projects and by sharing lots of great Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources content. Below are links to posts through November, 2017. NHD 2018 Conflict & Compromise Topic IdeasEuropean History Prior to 1500 European History 16th Century European History 17th Century European History 18-19th Centuries U.S. History Prior to 1800 U.S. History … [Read more...]
Looking Back: Top Content of 2016
December 27, 2016 by Leave a Comment
TPS-Barat 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. Below we link to the posts our users clicked through most often in 2016.But, remember, there is so much more to discover. Please click on the headers below or under the Browse TPS-Barat Content box at the top of most pages on the Primary Source Nexus to uncover more. Another great way to find useful sources is to … [Read more...]
Featured Image: Christmas Children’s Section
December 19, 2016 by Leave a Comment
The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]), 20 Dec. 1903. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. Articles (Click the page image above to zoom in and then use the page arrow buttons to read the articles in this section or click the links below.)Boy's Christmas Aboard a Whaler The Heart of a Child Charades for Christmas Children's Christmas Parties Real Ghost Stories: page 1 and page 2 What I Would Do if I Had Ten Dollars Etiquette for … [Read more...]
Using Sources: Chronicling America Newspaper Pages
December 14, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Historic newspapers contain a wealth of information about the past, providing a snapshot of social and cultural values of a certain place and time. You will find news stories, feature articles, editorials, cartoons, advertisements, stories, poems, art and more. All of these can be useful to help contextualize events and people from history. According to the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University, “Historians generally use newspapers for three purposes: learning facts about … [Read more...]
World Spotlight: Sweden
December 12, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Sweden country profile BBCSweden timeline BBCSweden primary source set from the World Digital LibrarySweden mapsSweden image setSwede personal narrativesSwede oral history interviewsU.S. veteran oral histories (service in Sweden)Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection interviews mentioning SwedenSwedish American SongSwedish sheet musicSwedish song recordingsBooks, articles and other texts about SwedenThomas Jefferson correspondence related to … [Read more...]
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