Spaulding High School Library

 
The Library of Congress (LOC), unveiled it's new Teacher Resources module for the American Memory Project.  History teachers and librarians have been huge fans of the American Memory Project since 1995, but we've always grumbled about being overwhelmed by the content and how to use it.  With over 15 million digital files including manuscripts, maps, photos, sound, and video, how do you begin to create a meaningful lesson plan? 

The answer is (drum roll please!) the new Teachers Page (http://loc.gov/teachers) which offers collections of digital resources on topics and included lesson plans, rubrics, assessment ideas, correlations to standards, and even extension activities.  In addition there's information about using primary sources in the classroom,  about critically analyzing historical resources, and about relating the past to current events--history in the making.  Here's a link to a sample lesson plan about the Dust Bowl and The Grapes of Wrath.

The American Memory Project  digital content has always been magnificent in it's depth and breadth--truly a national treasure.  Now the LOC has made it magnificently accessible to students and educators.