Carefully study the details of the Bonus Veterans photograph above. Brainstorm a list of questions you would need answered in order to write an article about this image. Share your questions with an elbow partner, then investigate this primary source image set to see what questions you were able to answer. Write a brief summary of what you learned. Work in groups to review the Washington, D.C. Evening Star coverage of the "Bonus Army" (see links below). Read the headlines and first couple of … [Read more...]
Timely Connections: Teaching About Presidential Impeachment
October 10, 2019 by Leave a Comment
In an October 3, 2019 article, Teaching Impeachment in Politically Risky Times, Education Week discusses the issues teachers face in the current context and the importance of seizing this teachable moment. "For the nation’s government and civics teachers, it all comes down to this: The wheels of a rarely used, constitutionally prescribed process—impeachment—have been set in motion. And now those teachers are on the front lines of helping interpret it for the nation’s students. Whether … [Read more...]
Primary Source Spotlight: Polio
May 28, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Historical newspaper coverage of polio A Special Report on Polio 1955 film U.S. legislation related to polio from 1985 on What is Polio? CDC When Polio Was Defeated by a Vaccine…and a Seven-Year-Old Girl Now See Hear! blog post October 28, 2014 Whatever happened to polio? Smithsonian National Museum of American History Polio timeline History of Vaccines, College of Physicians of Philadelphia Jonas Salk historical newspaper coverage Jonas Salk speech at the National Press … [Read more...]
Today in History: Jefferson Davis Captured
May 10, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Today in History–May 10–the Library of Congress features the capture of Confederate President Jefferson Davis by Union troops on this day in 1865. The capture thwarted Davis’ plan to escape by sea from the east coast of Florida and then to sail to Texas where he hoped to establish a new Confederacy. He was sent, along with his family, to Fort Monroe in Virginia. There he was placed in solitary confinement and indicted for treason but was never tried. Davis was released two years later, in May … [Read more...]
World Spotlight: Pakistan
April 29, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Pakistan: Places in the News articles Pakistan country profile Pakistan country study Pakistan profile BBC Pakistan timeline BBC Pakistan primary sources from the World Digital Library Pakistan maps Pakistan images Audio recordings related to Pakistan Pakistan: U.S. veteran’s oral histories Alan Lomax Collection Manuscripts, Pakistani indigenous singing groups Manuscripts, Performance style, Choreometrics, sources, Correspondence and notes by culture, … [Read more...]
World Spotlight: Peru
April 22, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Peru: Places in the News Peru country study Country profile: Peru BBC Peru timeline BBC Peru primary source set from the World Digital Library Peru images Peru maps Pizarro in Peru sheet music Peruvian song recordings Peru literary recordings Manuscripts, Performance style, Choreometrics, sources, Correspondence and notes by culture, Peru Alan Lomax Collection Service in Peru: U.S. veteran oral histories Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection interviews … [Read more...]
Primary Source Spotlight: World War I Hello Girls
March 28, 2019 by 1 Comment
Hello Girls: Topics in Chronicling America timeline and select newspaper articles Hello Girls articles from The Stars and Stripes Hello Girls articles from New York newspapers More Hello Girls historical newspaper coverage Hello Girls Congressional Gold Medal Act legislation Women and the War Effort article from Stars and Stripes: The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918 to 1919 Hello Girls Answer Uncle Sam's Call Headlines & Heroes blog January 29, 2019 100 … [Read more...]
Primary Source Spotlight: Science & Technology
March 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Primary source sets People John James Audubon Astronomer & Mathematician Benjamin Banneker Alexander Graham Bell Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell Daniel Burnham Rachel Carson George Washington Carver Marie Curie Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre Clarence Darrow Thomas A. Edison Cyrus Eidlitz Albert Einstein Gilbert Grosvenor & National Geographic Elias Howe & the Sewing Machine Inventors Benjamin Henry Latrobe Thomas Moran Samuel Morse … [Read more...]
Primary Source Spotlight: Harlem Hellfighters
February 28, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The Harlem Hellfighters was a German nickname for the African-American 369th Infantry Regiment, which ended up lauded for its valor. The regiment was also famous for its musicians, led by Lieutenant James Reese Europe. Discover more with this collection of secondary and primary sources. Secondary sources Harlem Hell Fighters: African-American Troops in World War I Headlines and Heroes blog February 12, 2019 African-American WWI 'Harlem Hell Fighters' proved their mettle, patriotism in … [Read more...]
Integrating Technology: Story Maps
January 15, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Story Maps are immersive web applications that tell the incredible stories of the Library’s collections through narrative, multimedia, and interactive maps. The story maps are created within a Geographic Information Systems (GIS)-based software platform created by Esri. Story Maps are chock full of primary sources, including photographs, illustrations, texts, newspaper articles, and even maps. “I find story maps to be a twenty-first-century tool for a twenty-first-century library,” said … [Read more...]
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