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3D American Civil War on Google Earth. Multimedia: Mayflower. For Teachers. The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers effectively use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections in their teaching.

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Find Library of Congress lesson plans and more that meet Common Core standards, state content standards, and the standards of national organizations. Discover and discuss ways to bring the power of Library of Congress primary sources into the classroom. Go to the blog Subscribe to the blog via e-mail or RSS. Using Primary Sources Discover quick and easy ways to begin using primary sources in your classroom, with teachers' guides, information on citing sources and copyright, and the Library's primary source analysis tool.

TPS Partners The Teaching with Primary Sources Program builds partnerships with educational organizations to support effective instruction using primary sources. Never-Seen: Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Photo Gallery. Views of the National Parks. Our Changing World. "The past is never dead. It's not even past." - William Faulkner. Amazon. Welcome to PrimaryAccess. US History, American History. OurStory : About. A project of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, OurStory is designed to help children and adults enjoy exploring history together through children’s literature, everyday objects, and hands-on activities.

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Teaching History through Children's Literature Learn more about the OurStory: History Through Children’s Literature programs for families. Find out how you can participate! Learn more » A Proven Strategy Learn about the goals and successes of our program. Read more » Teaching Methods Hands-on learning and literature are powerful tools in engendering a love of history in children. Learn more » Spread the Word About OurStory Find a printable flyer and a special offer to help tell your students and library patrons about OurStory.

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The Best Sites For Learning About The Constitution Of The United States

Constitution on U.S. Constitution Day — September 17th of each year. You might also be interested in The Best Resources For “Bill Of Rights Day.” Tripline. 12 Resources All Social Studies Te. One of the things that some readers may not know about me is that I actually do have a day job and don't spend the whole day on the Internet.

12 Resources All Social Studies Te

My day job is teaching high school social studies. For the last couple of years my teaching assignments have been US History and US Civics. In the past I've also taught World Studies courses. Over the last few years I've come realize that there are some websites and free resources with which every social studies teacher should be familiar. Here is my list. 1. 2. 3. 4. Scribble Maps - Draw on google maps with scribblings and more! Paris 26 Gigapixels - Interactive virtual tour of the most beaut. Home Page. Slavery Museum 4 Teens - home. Footnote.com - The place for original historical documents onlin. Virsona: create the virtual you. Geolover - makes trip planning easy. Welcome to NBC Learn- Finishing The Dream: Learning From The Civ. World History. ONLINE: DEATH OF THE DREAM. Google Earth - Using Technology to Enhance History and Literatur.

MapAList - Create and Manage Maps of Address Lists. Our Documents - Home. The U.S. National Archives' Photostream. The Portent: John Brown's Raid in American Memory   Introduction John Brown remains one of the most controversial figures in our history.

The Portent: John Brown's Raid in American Memory  

To destroy the institution of slavery, he firmly believed there was only one possible course of action. He saw what he thought was the ultimate wrong and tried in the only way he could imagine to right it. In late 1855, Brown saw an opportunity in Kansas to launch a strike against slavery. The territory had become a skirmish ground where proslavery and free-state settlers battled to determine whether the region would become a slave state or a free state. View fullscreenJohn Brown, c. From the start, Brown's efforts to bring an end to slavery were lauded by the poets Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson, who proved to be the most important of his supporters because of their prominence.

Throughout the twentieth century, apologists for John Brown have turned out imagery and biographies while his detractors have not been active. Which John Brown should we remember? The Presidential Timeline. World Map 3500 BC. A Journey through History. Electing a US President in Plain English.