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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 and a map documenting the free and slave states in 1856 chronicle Lincoln’s rise to national prominence
Date:
1855
Alabama: Selected Library of Congress Primary Sources
Highlights from the past and present of Alabama, from the rich online collections of the Library of Congress.
Alaska: Selected Library of Congress Primary Sources
Highlights from the past and present of Alaska, from the rich online collections of the Library of Congress.
Alexander Hamilton
Manuscripts, images, and historic newspapers document the life and accomplishments of Alexander Hamilton. This set also includes a Teacher's Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions. Manuscripts, images, and historic newspapers document the life and accomplishments of Alexander Hamilton'
Date:
1757
American Authors in the Nineteenth Century: Whitman, Dickinson, Longfellow, Stowe, and Poe
A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring the topic of American authors in the nineteenth century, including Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Edgar Allan Poe. This set also includes a Teacher's Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions. A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring the topic of American authors in the nineteenth century,…
Date:
1830
The American Revolution
Manuscripts, images, and maps document the American Revolution and new nation. This set also includes a Teacher's Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions. The American Revolution documented in images, manuscripts, maps, and newspapers.
Date:
1763
Arizona: Selected Library of Congress Primary Sources
Highlights from the past and present of Arizona, from the rich online collections of the Library of Congress.
Arkansas: Selected Library of Congress Primary Sources
Highlights from the past and present of Arkansas, from the rich online collections of the Library of Congress.
Baseball Across a Changing Nation
A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring baseball and the various ways it was experienced by Americans between the close of the Civil War and the beginning of WWII. This set also includes a Teacher's Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions. Baseball has been part of the culture of the United States since the earliest days of the nation, and the…
Date:
1860
California: Selected Library of Congress Primary Sources
Highlights from the past and present of California, from the rich online collections of the Library of Congress.
Charts and Graphs
A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring charts and graphs. This set also includes a Teachers Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions.
Date:
1900
Child Labor
A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring child labor. This set also includes a Teachers Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions. Child labor and the reform movement opposed to it documented in photographs, cartoons, audio interviews, and newspapers.
Date:
1893
Children's Lives at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring Children's Lives at the Turn of the Twentieth Century. This set also includes a Teachers Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions.
Date:
1890
The Civil Rights Movement
A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring the U.S. civil rights movement. This set also includes a Teachers Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions. Photos, newspaper articles, interviews, and documents explore the African American civil rights movement of the 20th century.
Date:
1954
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 and teaching suggestions.
Date:
1861
Civil War Music
A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring historical perspectives about the American Civil War. This set also includes a Teacher's Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions.
Date:
1861
Civil War Photographs: New Technologies and New Uses
Photographs that help to document the photographic technologies used during the Civil War. This set also includes a Teacher's Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions.
Date:
1860
Civil War Soldiers' Portraits: The Liljenquist Family Collection
A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring the Civil War portraits in the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs from the Library of Congress. This set also includes a Teacher s Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions.
Date:
1860
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, John Brown, and secession in maps, newspapers, political cartoons and song sheets.
Date:
1850
The Cold War
A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring aspects of The Cold War. This set also includes a Teachers Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions.
Date:
1945
Colorado: Selected Library of Congress Primary Sources
Highlights from the past and present of Colorado, from the rich online collections of the Library of Congress.
Community: People and Places
A selection of Library of Congress primary sources that help students identify, connect to, and expand on aspects of what makes communities function and thrive. This set also includes a Teachers Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions. Photographs, posters, film and more show everyday people, places, and activities of different communities
Date:
1871
Connecticut: Selected Library of Congress Primary Sources
Highlights from the past and present of Connecticut, from the rich online collections of the Library of Congress.
The Constitution
A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring the United States Constitution. This set also includes a Teacher's Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions.
Date:
1785
Delaware: Selected Library of Congress Primary Sources
Highlights from the past and present of Delaware, from the rich online collections of the Library of Congress.
District of Columbia: Selected Library of Congress Primary Sources
Highlights from the past and present of the District of Columbia, from the rich online collections of the Library of Congress.
Dust Bowl Migration
A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring the The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945). This set also includes a Teacher's Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions.
Date:
1930
Ecology
A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring ecology. This set also includes a Teachers Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions.
Date:
1724
Florida: Selected Library of Congress Primary Sources
Highlights from the past and present of Florida, from the rich online collections of the Library of Congress.
Found Poetry
A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring found poetry and the ability to retell history from one's own perspective. This set also includes a Teacher's Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions.
Georgia: Selected Library of Congress Primary Sources
Highlights from the past and present of Georgia, from the rich online collections of the Library of Congress.
The Great Migration
A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring the Great Migration. This set also includes a Teachers Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions. The Great Migration documented in photographs, manuscripts, maps, videos, and newspapers document .
Date:
1916
The Harlem Renaissance
A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring the Harlem Renaissance. This set also includes a Teacher's Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions.
Date:
1920
Hawaii: Selected Library of Congress Primary Sources
Highlights from the past and present of Hawaii, from the rich online collections of the Library of Congress.
Idaho: Selected Library of Congress Primary Sources
Highlights from the past and present of Idaho, from the rich online collections of the Library of Congress.
Illinois: Selected Library of Congress Primary Sources
Highlights from the past and present of Illinois, from the rich online collections of the Library of Congress.
Immigration Challenges for New Americans
A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring the topic of immigration from the early nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century. This set also includes a Teacher's Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions.
Date:
1900
Indiana: Selected Library of Congress Primary Sources
Highlights from the past and present of Indiana, from the rich online collections of the Library of Congress.
The Industrial Revolution in the United States
A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring the Industrial Revolution and its effects in the United States. This set also includes a Teacher s Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions.
Date:
1876
Informational Text
Personal narratives, newspaper articles, posters, broadsides, speeches, memes, movies and other artifacts that can serve as informational texts for students to analyze.
Date:
1824
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