Primary Source Learning: American Revolution Primary Source Set
Have students use the primary sources in this set to tell a story about the American Revolution. The story may be in digital or print form and could be nonfiction, fiction, poetry, or even a song....
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Have students use the primary sources in this set to tell a story about the early years of the United States as a young, new nation. The story may be in digital or print form and could be nonfiction,...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: Expansion & Reform Primary Source Set
Have students use the primary sources in this set to tell a story about the period 1815-1860, when the United States expanded dramatically geographically, displacing native peoples. But this time was...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: Civil War & Reconstruction Primary Source Set
Have students use the primary sources in this set to tell a story about a timeframe from the period 1861-1877 when the United States was wracked by civil war, fighting to preserve the Union and end...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: Industrial America Primary Source Set
Have students use the primary sources in this set to tell a story about the period 1876-1900 when industrial growth helped transform the United States, producing a new class of wealthy industrialists,...
View ArticleLearning from the Source: Close Reading in Service of a Cause
Activity overview Close reading is an opportunity to read and reread thoughtfully and with purpose. By breaking down the analysis of texts and other primary sources into distinct chunks, you can...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: Progressive Era Primary Source Set
Have students use the primary sources in this set to tell a story about the period 1900-1929. The Progressive Era was one of economic growth and prosperity but also one in which many worked to make...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: Great Depression & World War II Primary Source Set
Have students use the primary sources in this set to tell a story about the period 1929-1945. At the depths of the great depression, which followed the stock market crash in October 1929, over...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: Postwar United States (1945-1968) Primary Source Set
Have students use the primary sources in this set to tell a story about the period 1945-1968. The wartime economy led to new economic prosperity for the United States and expanded opportunities for...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: Immigration Primary Source Set
Have students use the primary sources in this set to tell a story about immigration to the United States. (For background information, review the following: Immigration to the United States, 1851-1900...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: Chicago Anarchists & the Haymarket Affair
Overview The American Memory Collection—Chicago Anarchists on Trial: Evidence from the Haymarket Affair, 1886-1887—presents original manuscripts, broadsides, photographs, prints and artifacts regarding...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: Protest & Reform Primary Source Set
Have students use the primary sources in this set to tell a story about protest and reform in the United States. (For background information, check the bibliographic records for dates then review the...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning About Lincoln
We all can learn a lot from Abraham Lincoln. Below you will find links to primary source activities, lessons, and projects from the Library of Congress, TPS-Barat and other TPS consortium members....
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: Women’s Road to the Vote
Don’t miss these great woman suffrage teaching resources using Library of Congress primary sources! Woman suffrage source set & teaching guide Lesson plans Learning from the Source: Tactics in the...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: Women in U.S. History
Access ready-made primary source lessons and activities to learn how some incredible women throughout U.S. history helped advance the nation. Primary Source Learning: Women’s Road to the Vote (woman...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: Poets & Poetry
Learning from the Source: Langston Hughes’ Ballad of Booker T. Learning from the Source: Putting Loss into Words Learning from the Source: Mourning Lincoln & the Art of Tribute Today in History: O...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: Oral Histories & Personal Narratives
LOC.gov contains numerous oral history and personal narrative resources. Check out the lists below! Teaching resources Learning from the Source: Chicago Meatpackers & the Unions Learning from the...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: Baseball
Baseball: Across a Divided Society (primary source set) Baseball, Race and Ethnicity: Rounding the Bases Baseball, Race Relations and Jackie Robinson Black Diamond! Satchel Page and the Negro Baseball...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: Women in Baseball
Use this primary source set of women in baseball to have students examine cultural attitudes of American women from the late 1800s through the 1920s. You might start with having students complete a...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: Immigration
Primary source sets Immigration Challenges for New Americans includes teacher’s guide Mexican American Migrations and Communities includes teacher’s guide Primary Source Learning: Immigration Primary...
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