Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress
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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. -
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. -
Civil War Photographs: What Do You See? Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine the Civil War and American industrialization. -
Civil War Photographs: The Mathew Brady Bunch Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine Civil War photographs as primary sources. -
Women in the Civil War: Ladies, Contraband and Spies Students use Library of Congress primary sources to explore the experiences of women in the Civil War. -
The Great Depression in North Carolina: Experiences of the People Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine the degree to which the Depression/New Deal amended the economic destruction of the Civil War. -
Slavery in the United States: Primary Sources and the Historical Record Students learn about primary sources and analyze Library of Congress primary sources about slavery in the United States. -
The Alaska Purchase: Debating the Sale from Russian and U.S. Perspectives Students use 19th-century illustrations of Sitka, Alaska to explore what the town might have been like during its time as an administrative center of the Russian empire, as well as asking how… -
After Reconstruction Students use Library of Congress primary sources to identify problems and issues facing African Americans immediately after Reconstruction. -
America at the Centennial Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine items and images of the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876. -
Baseball, Race Relations and Jackie Robinson Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine race relations in the mid-20th century United States through a close reading of two documents relating to Jackie Robinson's breaking of the racial… -
Creating a Primary Source Archive: All History Is Local Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine the interplay between national, state, local, and personal history. -
Immigration History Firsthand Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine immigration as a theme to begin understanding primary sources. -
To Kill a Mockingbird: A Historical Perspective Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine the history of African Americans in the 1930s South and study the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. -
The American Dream Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine 19th and 20th century social life in the United States in order to formulate ideas about the American Dream. -
Segregation: From Jim Crow to Linda Brown Students use Library of Congress primary sources to explore the era of legalized segregation. -
Nineteenth Century Women: Struggle and Triumph Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine powerful stories of brave women who helped shape the history of the United States during the 19th century. -
African American Identity in the Gilded Age: Two Unreconciled Strivings Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine how African-Americans in the Gilded Age were able to form a meaningful identity for themselves and reject the inferior images fastened upon them. -
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. -
Thomas Jefferson's Library: Making the Case for a National Library Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine a letter written by Thomas Jefferson and identify techniques he used to persuade Congress to purchase his personal library in 1815. -
The U.S. Constitution: Continuity and Change in the Governing of the United States Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine continuity and change in the governing of the United States by looking at the Constitution and linking early legislative debates to issues of… -
The Immigrant Experience: Down the Rabbit Hole Students use Library of Congress primary sources and passages from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to uncover the common themes of the immigrant experience. -
Women's Suffrage: Their Rights and Nothing Less Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine the modern woman's suffrage movement and its beginnings in the 1840s with the Seneca Falls Convention. -
The Conservation Movement at a Crossroads: The Hetch Hetchy Controversy Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine the controversies inherent in conservation programs.