digital story – Citizen U Primary Source Nexus

Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth 11th Dec. 1620

Primary Source Learning: Settlement Primary Source Set

August 9, 2012September 11, 2022

Have students use the primary sources in this set to tell a story about European settlement of present-day United States. The story may be in digital or print form and could be nonfiction, fiction, poetry, or even a song. Click on each thumbnail image below to access the full size primary source. You may…

Field of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2nd & 3rd, 1863

Teaching & Learning

Learning from the Source: Where Do I Run to? Where Do I Hide?

July 3, 2012September 27, 2020

The Library of Congress Digital Connections are filled with great ideas for primary source learning. Below we highlight an activity from the Civil War Maps Collection Connection. Historical Analysis and Interpretation In many cases the battles of the Civil War were fought by men unfamiliar with the area of the country in which they were…