Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress
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1900 America: Primary Sources and Epic Poetry ...Students use Library of Congress primary sources to evaluate and appreciate the dynamic nature of life in the United States at the end of the nineteenth century.
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Civil War Photographs: What Do You See? Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine the Civil War and American industrialization.
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Civil War Photojournalism: A Record of War Students use Library of Congress primary sources to explore how and why war has been photographed and also see the bias within the recording/reporting of war.
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The Civil War Through a Child's Eye Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine the Civil War from a child's perspective.
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Environmental Resource Management: Local and Historical Perspectives Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine historical perspectives of nature and the environment.
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The Evolution of the Book: Introducing Students to Visual Analysis Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine the images from John White Alexander's mural in the Thomas Jefferson building.
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Explorations in American Environmental History: The Photographer, the Artist, and Yellowstone Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine historical perspectives of nature and the environment.
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The Grapes of Wrath: Scrapbooks and Artifacts Students use Library of Congress primary sources to conduct ethnographic research to show how cultural artifacts from The Grapes of Wrath support one of the book's many themes.
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The Great Gatsby: Primary Sources from the Roaring Twenties Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine significant events and attitudes of the 1920s related to The Great Gatsby.
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The Minerva Mosaic of the Library of Congress: Taking a Closer Look Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine the historic Minerva mosaic from the Great Hall of the Library of Congress and discover what it can tell them about the Library'smission.
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Music and U.S. Reform History: Stand Up and Sing Students use Library of Congress primary sources to issues related to industrialization and reform by exploring sheet music..
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Natural Disasters: Nature's Fury Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine accounts by Americans from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries of their life changing experiences with nature.
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Photographs from the Great Depression: The World of Jacob Have I Loved: Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson, a novel about jealousy set on an island in the Chesapeake Bay in the early 1940s.
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Political Cartoons: Finding Point of View Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine political cartoons about the Stamp Act.