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Collections Spotlight: Women’s History
March 5, 2013March 7, 2025

Teaching resources Primary source sets Activists Artists Trailblazers Library collections Image sets Chronicling America Topic Guides: timelines & select newspaper articles Special presentations Online exhibitions Veterans History Project resources Library blog posts 4 Corners of the World Headlines & Heroes In Custodia Legis In the Muse Inside Adams Minerva’s Kaleidoscope Now See Hear! Picture This Teaching…

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Teaching & Learning

Learning from the Source: Jefferson’s Rough Draft of the Declaration
June 9, 2011April 15, 2020

The Teaching with the Library of Congress blog has started to publish primary source starters–quick, easy-to-use activity ideas using primary sources from the Library’s collections. The first uses Thomas Jefferson’s rough draft of the Declaration of Independence to help students think critically about the process that produced the document. Get all the details by reading…

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