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Digital Promise
MAY 13, 2022
In 2021, six educators representing community-based organizations, libraries, public schools, and the Digital Promise Maker Learning team embarked on a journey to increase opportunities for virtual and remote maker learning. The insights from this experience are valuable to all who wish to engage in powerful maker learning.
Digital Promise
JANUARY 8, 2019
With the internet, students can access primary source documents, research just about anything, and support their own understanding with explanations accompanied by video, animations, or other helpful visualizations. school and library to the internet. Access Resources. Use Professional Tools.
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Dangerously Irrelevant
MAY 31, 2017
Like many teachers, I would tap into the the Library of Congress, which would give me tips for teaching with primary sources , including quarterly journal articles on topics such as integrating historical and geographic thinking. National Archives, and maybe dig through the 5.3 million book images from the Internet Archive. .
Teaching American History
MAY 14, 2024
Today’s blog is an edited excerpt from the introduction to TAH’s CDC volume, Congress , edited by Joseph Postell , available in our bookstore for free download or purchase. Library of Congress, LC-DIG-hec-35195. Should Congress, the elected legislature, be the primary maker of policy through the writing of specific laws?
Teaching American History
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
When our site pops up in the search results, and they click on our site, they see that we have thousands of primary source documents, many accompanied by introductions and study questions. Ray is a former Teacher Program Manager for TAH and a frequent contributor to our blog.
Doing Social Studies
APRIL 13, 2020
In my last blog post, I shared with you a description of my pedagogical approach and provided an example. I was able to locate Topeka’s “shut down” order through the Library of Congress’ Chronicling America. Thomas intends “to spend my entire life convincing them how exciting and important history is.”
NCHE
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Since 2021, the National Council for History Education has partnered with the Library of Congress’ Teaching with Primary Sources program on a nationwide program, “The Rural Experience in America”. The Library of Congress is developing a new education center that will break ground in the next few years.
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