Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress
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South Carolina: Selected Library of Congress Primary Sources Highlights from the past and present of South Carolina, from the rich online collections of the Library of Congress. -
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 Civil War: The Nation Moves Towards War, 1850-61 Conflict between abolition and slavery marked the 1850s, preceding the election of 1860 and the attack on Fort Sumter that started the Civil War. The Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott, Harriet Beecher Stowe,…- Date: 1850
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Civil War Images: Depictions of African Americans in the War Effort A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring the ways in which African Americans were depicted in the Civil War effort. This set also includes a Teachers Guide with historical context…- Date: 1861
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Veterans' Stories: Struggles for Participation A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring the struggles individual veterans had as they worked to serve their country in uniform. This set also includes a Teacher's Guide with historical…- Date: 1941
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Abraham Lincoln: Rise to National Prominence A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring Abraham Lincoln and his national role. This set also includes a Teacher's Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions. Speeches, correspondence, campaign materials…- Date: 1855
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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… -
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.