Free Guides to Teaching and Learning With Primary Sources

Last month Common Craft released a great video explanation of the differences between primary and secondary sources. After sharing that vid...

500+ Political Cartoons & 100+ Editorial Cartoon Lesson Plans

The Library of Congress hosts an online collection of more than 500 political cartoons and caricatures from U.S. History . You can search th...

Primary Source Analysis Guides for Students and Teachers

Last week I conducted a webinar on teaching with primary sources . The Library of Congress is one of the resources that I always mention whe...

67 Original Short Films About Theodore Roosevelt

According to the Library of Congress Theodore Roosevelt was the first U.S. President to have large portions of his career highlights captur...

Aesop's Fables on the Web, iPad, and Android

One of the neat resources that I just plucked from Open Culture's new collection of K-12 resources is the Aesop's Fables interactiv...

Exploring the Early Americas - Library of Congress Interactives

This morning I spent a bit of time exploring the Library of Congress's education resources. One of the resources that I particularly lik...

9 Sources for Historical Images, Documents, Videos, and Audio

Earlier this week I had the privilege to work with teachers from the Florida Virtual School at a conference sponsored by the National Counci...

Political Cartoons in the Classroom

This morning I am in Fort Myers, Florida for a conference with the National Council for History Education. One of the activities that one of...

Library of Congress Virtual Tour

While perusing the app store yesterday I came across a wonderful, free app from the Library of Congress. It is a multi-faceted app that prov...

Taking the Mystery Out of Copyright

Taking the Mystery Out of Copyrigh t is a resource for kids produced by the Library of Congress. Taking the Mystery Out of Copyright is int...

Using Primary Sources - A Guide from the LOC

If you use primary source documents in your classroom, the Library of Congress Teacher's Page is a site you should check out. A part of...

Professional Development at the Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is now accepting applications for all six of their 2010 Summer Teacher Institutes . The summer institutes are desig...

Before GPS - Map Making on Horseback

The History Channel in collaboration with the Library of Congress host a series of short videos called This Week's Hidden Treasure . O...