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Guided Primary Source Analysis: Hitting the trail to Normandy

April 6, 2012November 23, 2020

Using details from the cover of this sheet music, describe what you think this song is about. Use the Primary Source Nexus search box to find out about Normandy. Where is it? What was happening there in 1917? Look inside at the song lyrics and music notation. What is the tone of the song? Does…

Teaching & Learning

Learning from the Source: Personal Perspectives of World War I

October 19, 2011June 28, 2021

The Teaching with Library of Congress blog provides activity suggestions for using the transcript of World War I veteran oral history to provide students with personal insight into a historical event and help them to value the individuals behind the history of World War I and Armistice Day. Teachers might also choose to have students compare accounts, looking for…