KidCitizen is part of the Congress, Civic Participation, and Primary Sources Project, which is supported by a grant from the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program. KidCitizen is a digital interactive for K-5 learners that promotes historical inquiry, civic engagement and literacy through the investigation of primary sources from the Library of Congress and making connections to their daily lives. To learn more about the design and pedagogy of the digital interactive, don't … [Read more...]
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- 1850
Congress abolished the slave trade in Washington D.C., as part of the Compromise of 1850. Check out our curated collection of related LOC.gov primary sources. - 1853
Elisah Graves Otis sold his first elevator. Check out our curated collection of related LOC.gov primary sources.
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Funded by a grant from the Library of Congress, since 2004 TPS-Barat has provided free, engaging, inquiry-based learning materials that use Library primary sources to foster understanding and application of civics, literacy, history, math, science, and the arts.
The mission of the national Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) program is to: build awareness of the Library’s educational initiatives; provide content that promotes the effective educational of the Library’s resources; and offer access to and promote sustained use of the Library’s educational resources.
Learn more about Teaching with Primary Sources by visiting www.loc.gov/teachers.
The mission of the national Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) program is to: build awareness of the Library’s educational initiatives; provide content that promotes the effective educational of the Library’s resources; and offer access to and promote sustained use of the Library’s educational resources.
Learn more about Teaching with Primary Sources by visiting www.loc.gov/teachers.
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