Institute Resources
General Resources
- Teachers Page
- Primary Source Analysis Tool (PDF, 24 KB)
- Primary Source Investigation
- Tracking Form (Word, 39 KB)
Session One
- Tour of the Jefferson Building
- Creating the USA
- Analyzing Images and Documents
- Reading and Researching Photographs by Helena Zinkham (PDF, 1.9 MB)
- Worth a Billion Words: Library of Congress Pictures Online by Barbara Natanson
- Geography and Maps Reading Room
- Manuscript Division
- Prints and Photographs Division
- Directions for PowerPoint Assignment (Word, 30 KB)
- PowerPoint Slide Template (PPT, 104 KB)
Session Two
- Materials used with Emblematic Illustrations (Word, 35 KB)
- Lesson Plan Guideline (Word, 31 KB)
- Web Quest Guideline (Word, 41 KB)
- Using Primary Sources Quick Start Guide
- Power Point Tips (Word, 25 KB)
- Behind the Documents Draft Lesson Plan (Word, 87 KB)
- Jefferson Forgery (Word, 832 KB)
Session Three
- Tour of the Jefferson Building
- Exploring the Early Americas
- Analyzing Images and Documents
- Reading and Researching Photographs by Helena Zinkham
- Worth a Billion Words: Library of Congress Pictures Online by Barbara Natanson
- Geography and Maps Reading Room
- Manuscript Division
- Prints and Photographs Division
- Directions for PowerPoint Assignment (Word, 30 KB)
- PowerPoint Slide Template (PPT, 104 KB)
Session Four
- Tour of the Jefferson Building
- Creating the USA
- Analyzing Images and Documents
- Reading and Researching Photographs by Helena Zinkham (PDF, 1.9 MB)
- Worth a Billion Words: Library of Congress Pictures Online by Barbara Natanson
- Geography and Maps Reading Room
- Folklife Division
- Manuscript Division
- Directions for PowerPoint Assignment (Word, 30 KB)
- PowerPoint Slide Template (PPT, 104 KB)
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