Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress
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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.
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American Lives in Two Centuries: What is an American? 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.
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The American West: Images of Its People Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine the western United State's cultures and identify the contributions each make to the whole.
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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...
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Change in Early 20th Century America: Doing the Decades Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine various social and economic themes between 1890-1940.
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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.
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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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Exploring Community Through Local History: Oral Stories, Landmarks and Traditions Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine the local history of their own community to learn the value of local culture and traditions as primary sources.
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Family Customs Past and Present: Exploring Cultural Rituals Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine rituals and customs of various cultures.
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Found Poetry with Primary Sources: The Great Depression Students use Library of Congress primary sources to create poetry based on the language found in Depression Era oral histories.
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French Canadian Immigrants in New England Students use Library of Congress primary sources to learn about French Canadian immigrants and their contributions in New England.
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The Grapes of Wrath: Voices from the Great Depression Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine the lives of migrant workers in California during the Great Depression.
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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 Depression and the Present Day Students use Library of Congress primary sources to gain a better understanding of why the government takes care of its people and how this type of welfare state started.
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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.
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Immigration and Migration: Today and During the Great Depression Students use Library of Congress primary sources and interviews with parents, historical photographs, films, and documents to compare the immigration/migration experiences of their families to those of people living through the Great...
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Immigration and Oral History Students use Library of Congress primary sources to to gain an understanding of how to identify and interpret primary historical sources, specifically oral histories.
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Immigration History Firsthand Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine immigration as a theme to begin understanding primary sources.
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Immigration: Our Changing Voices Students use Library of Congress primary sources to identify the issues involved with the migration of a community or family.
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Japanese American Internment: Fear Itself Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine the Japanese American internment experience during World War II.
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Migration During the Great Depression: Living History Students use Library of Congress primary sources to strengthen their communication skills and learn of the diverse experiences of people who now call Central Florida home.
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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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New Deal Programs: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine the circumstances and lives of those who endured the Great Depression and received relief from New Deal programs.
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The New England Fishing Industry: Sea Changes in a Community Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine the link between New England's economic and cultural past and the issues it faces for its future.
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Oral History and Social History Students use Library of Congress primary sources to understand the genuine experience of oral history in order to appreciate the process of historiography using the topic of immigration.
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Out of the Dust: Visions of Dust Bowl History Students use Library of Congress primary sources to gain an understanding of Dust Bowl history through the eyes of a child, using Karen Hesse's Newbery Award-winning Out of the Dust.
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Personal Stories and Primary Sources: Conversations with Elders - Unit Five Students use Library of Congress primary sources to interview a grandparent or significant elder in order to provide a human face for life in the twentieth century.
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Personal Stories and Primary Sources: Conversations with Elders - Unit Four Students use Library of Congress primary sources to interview a grandparent or significant elder in order to provide a human face for life in the twentieth century.
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Personal Stories and Primary Sources: Conversations with Elders - Unit One Students use Library of Congress primary sources to interview a grandparent or significant elder in order to provide a human face for life in the twentieth century.
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Personal Stories and Primary Sources: Conversations with Elders - Unit Three Students use Library of Congress primary sources to interview a grandparent or significant elder in order to provide a human face for life in the twentieth century.
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Personal Stories and Primary Sources: Conversations with Elders - Unit Two Students use Library of Congress primary sources to interview a grandparent or significant elder in order to provide a human face for life in the twentieth century.
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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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Primary Sources and Personal Artifacts Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine personal artifacts as primary sources, examine historical primary sources and connect historical text with primary sources.
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Recreation Yesterday and Today Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine entertainment and recreation in the early 20th century.
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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.