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Overview - Journeys West - Lesson Plan

In this lesson plan, students consider what motivated thousands of people to journey west during the 1800s.

Overview - The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 - Collection Connections

This resource for teachers provides information about the American Memory collection, The Chinese in California, 1850-1925, and ideas to help students develop critical thinking skills through the use of primary sources in ...

Westward - Women Pioneers in American Memory- Classroom Presentation

In the course of U.S. history, people have migrated to different parts of the country seeking new opportunities. Strong and determined women were an integral part of these migrations. Learn about women ...

Furniture - The Work of Charles and Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention

Early in their careers together, Charles and Ray identified the need for affordable, yet high-quality furniture for the average consumer -- furniture that could serve a variety of uses. Recognizing the need, ...

Science - The Work of Charles and Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention

A major theme in all the Eameses' scientific endeavors was the beauty and elegance of scientific principles and the tools used to study and convey them. Revealing science's complex integration of art, ...

Arts Humanities - The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 - Collection Connections

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Dorothea Lange

Photographer Dorothea Lange was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1895. Lange is best known for her work documenting poor conditions of the migrant workers who traveled in large numbers to California ...

California: For Health, Pleasure, and Residence - American Memory Timeline- Classroom Presentation

Charles Nordhoff reports on California agriculture from this excerpt from his guidebook California as I Saw It.

History Of Railroads And Maps - Railroad Maps 1828 To 1900

Railways were introduced in England in the seventeenth century as a way to reduce friction in moving heavily loaded wheeled vehicles. The first North American "gravity road," as it was called, was ...

Beauty - The Work of Charles and Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention

Charles and Ray Eames's philosophy of the educational role of everyday things led them to develop projects that would spur people to find beauty in the commonplace. The Eameses' ability to transform ...

Critical Thinking - The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 - Collection Connections

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DPOE Training Calendar Event - Digital Preservation

The Library of Congress and its digital preservation partners from the federal, library, creative, publishing, technology, and copyright communities are working to develop a national strategy to collect, archive, and preserve digital ...

Space - The Work of Charles and Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention

The Eameses' architecture promised good design for minimal cost through the use of prefabricated standardized parts. At the end of World War II, the Eameses joined a larger movement of architects and ...

Biography - The Work of Charles and Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Charles Eames as a young man worked for engineers and manufacturers, anticipating his lifelong interest in mechanics. Ray Kaiser, born in Sacramento, California, demonstrated her fascination with ...

Overview - The Work of Charles and Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention

Charles and Ray Eames practiced design at its most virtuous and its most expansive. The Eameses' wholehearted belief that design could improve people's lives remains their greatest legacy. Even more remarkable is ...

California: Library of Congress Primary Sources by State - Primary Source Set

Selected Library of Congress primary sources for California. Documents and artifacts including maps and images.

The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 - History - Collection Connections

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Guide to Law Online: U.S. California

The Guide to Law Online contains a selection of California legal, judicial, and governmental sources accessible through the Internet | Links provide access to primary documents, legal commentary, and general government information ...

The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 - Collection Connections

This resource for teachers provides information about the American Memory collection, The Chinese in California, 1850-1925, and ideas to help students develop critical thinking skills through the use of primary sources in ...

Sidney Robertson Cowell (1903-1995)

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Overview - California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties - Collection Connections

This resource for teachers provides information about the American Memory collection, California gold: Folk Music from the Thirties, and ideas to help students develop critical thinking skills through the use of primary ...

California: Civil War Era Songs

Overview - Westward Expansion: Links to the Past - Lesson Plan

This Westward Expansion themed resource for teachers provides lesson plans in which students create scripts depicting the motivations, expectations, fears, and realizations of immigrants who settled California between 1849 and 1900.