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Click the links below to explore selected Library of Congress' primary source collections and items for instructional use.

• World Language Teachers,
  Receive a snapshot of resources available on the Library of Congress Web site for your classes. (PDF)
  
  
• Selected Library of Congress online collections identified and organized by school subjects (PDF)
  
  
• Science-related online collections from the Library of Congress (PDF)
  
  
• Direct links to multi-media resources on the Library of Congress Web site (PDF)    
                               
  
• Chicago Baseball - Selected Images from the Library of Congress (PDF)

Click the links below to explore selected Library of Congress' Primary Source Sets and Teacher Guide items for instructional use.

·          Assimilation through Education- Primary Source Set (PDF) and Teacher Guide (PDF)

·          Baseball- Primary Source Set (PDF) and Teacher Guide (PDF)

·          Civil War Music- Primary Source Set (PDF) and Teacher Guide (PDF)

·          Constitution- Primary Source Set (PDF) and Teacher Guide (PDF)

·          Dust Bowl Migration-  Primary Source Set (PDF) and Teacher Guide (PDF)

·          Found Poetry- Primary Source Set (PDF) and Teacher Guide (PDF)

·          Hispanic Exploration in America- Primary Source Set (PDF) and Teacher Guide (PDF)

·          Immigration Challenges for New Americans- Primary Source Set (PDF) and Teacher Guide (PDF)

·          Jamestown- Primary Source Set (PDF) and Teacher Guide (PDF)

·          Japanese American Internment During World War II- Primary Source Set (PDF), Teacher Guide  

           and Born Free and Equal online book (PDF)

·          Jim Crow in America- Primary Source Set (PDF) and Teacher Guide (PDF)

·          Lincoln- Primary Source Set (PDF) and Teacher Guide (PDF)

·          Thanksgiving- Primary Source Set (PDF) and Teacher Guide (PDF)

·          The Inventive Wright Brothers- Primary Source Set (PDF) and Teacher Guide (PDF)

·          Women's Suffrage- Primary Source Set (PDF) and Teacher Guide (PDF)

Click the links below to explore example classroom lessons and activities utilizing primary sources from the Library of Congress.

• Garfield School Student Strike, 1902 (PDF)
  
  
• 1904 Derby Day, Washington Park Race Track, Chicago (PDF)
  
  
• Loyola Adventure of the American Mind(AAM) 
  Aligned to Chicago Public Schools' Secondary History course frameworks (2004) and ISBE standards, both World and U.S. History lesson plans and links were compiled and annotated for instructional use.  Discover the plentitude of resources these documents contain.
  

Sample Lessons and Unit Plans Developed by K-12 Grade Educators

• 2007 Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Course Lessons and Unit Plans               
  Educators enrolled in the Summer CIEP 475 Workshop: Teaching with Primary Sources graduate course created exemplary lesson plans and units utilizing primary sources.  
  
  The Haymarket Affair (PDF) by William Howell of Washington High School, Chicago.
  
  Using Graphs to Display Data (PDF) by Sara Bosch of Madero Middle School, Chicago.
  
  
• 2008 TPS Course Lessons and Unit Plans                
  Educators enrolled in the CIEP 475 Workshop: Teaching with Primary Sources graduate course created exemplary lesson plans and units utilizing primary sources.  
  
  Cesar Chavez y Las Huelgas - He Sowed the Grapes of Wrath (PDF) by Maureen West of Mather High School, Chicago.
  
  Thomas Edison and His Light Bulb (PDF) by Heather Horton of Francis Parker School, Chicago.
                                                                            
                                             
• 2009 TPS Course Lessons and Unit Plans                
  Educators enrolled in the CIEP 475 Workshop: Teaching with Primary Sources graduate course created exemplary lesson plans and units utilizing primary sources.  
  
  African-American Pioneers of Science and Invention (PDF) by Dawn Gates of Bronzeville Lighthouse Charter School, Chicago                      
                                                                            
  The Quest for Civil Rights (PDF) by Robyn Lee Diaz of Orr Academy High School, Chicago                                         
                                                                           
                                  
• Professional Development Workshop Lessons                
  Educators who attended professional development workshops throughout the school year created exemplary lesson plans with primary sources.
  
  Ragtime with Reginald (PDF) by Sondra D. Davis of Owen Scholastic Academy, Chicago.
  
  Walt Whitman (PDF) by Therese Bonomo of St. Turibius School, Chicago
  
  Professional Development PowerPoint Teaching with Primary Sources Introduction Library of Congress Website