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Loc: Policies and Problems of the Confederation Government

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards

This teacher resource includes imagesand historical documents, alllowing readers to trace the creation of our government from the Continental Congress through the Articles of Confederation. An overview helps to clarify the policies and...

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Loc: Constitution Day Resources

For Teachers 9th - 10th

A selection of online resources from THOMAS that have to do with the US Constitution.

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Loc: Teaching With Primary Sources: Hispanic Exploration in America [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th

This is a great lesson plan from the Library of Congress that shows how to use primary sources in the examination of the Spanish Conquistadors in America. The lesson offers many possible activities for students to use with the primary...

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Loc: American Cartoon Prints

For Students 9th - 10th

A gateway to a collection of more than 500 prints, from eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America, which encompasses several forms of political editorializing. A wonderfully curated collection, with images, a summary of the historical...

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Loc: Teachers: Lessons: Wall of Dreams

For Students 9th - 10th

Read personal dreams for America's future, and share one of your own. Hundreds of dreams from across the country and around the world, all in hope for a better tomorrow.

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Loc: Learning Page: Thomas Edison

For Teachers 9th - 10th

This resource provides lesson plans and information about Thomas Edison and his inventions.

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Loc: Learning Page: The Freedmen

For Students 9th - 10th

This resource provides information about the Freedmen, who were free after the Emancipation of Slaves.

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Loc: Law Library of Congress: Pakistan

For Students 9th - 10th

This resource offers a great deal of information and resources pertaining to the law of Pakistan.

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Loc: Portraits of the Presidents & First Ladies

For Students 9th - 10th

A collection from the Library of Congress of formal and informal portraits of the US presidents and their first ladies.

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Loc: u.s. Presidents, First Ladies, Vice Presidents: Selected Images

For Students 9th - 10th

This chronological archive presents photographs of American presidents. Also includes images of first ladies and vice presidents.

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Loc: From the Home Front and the Front Lines

For Students 9th - 10th

Exhibition consisting of original materials and oral histories drawn from the Veterans History Project collections.

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Loc: Herblock's Presidents

For Students 9th - 10th

Historically significant collection of political cartoons featuring U.S. Presidents from Library of Congress online teacher-student resources.

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Loc: Performing Arts Encyclopedia: Great Conversations in Music

For Students 9th - 10th

Information about Great Conversations in Music, a series of films hosted by the late classical musician Eugene Istomin. Includes full series which can be viewed in parts with RealPlayer, biographies of the featured musicians, and website...

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Loc: Country Studies: Japan [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

A wonderful resource on Japan can be found here. It provides an in-depth study of the history of the country, their society and culture, education and arts, economy, relations with other nations, politics, national security, and much...

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Loc: Mexican American Migrations and Communities [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

A collection of primary source documents which depict experiences of Mexican Americans in the 19th and 20th centuries. Find out what challenges they faced, what communities, institutions, and culture they created, and what records and...

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Loc: Biographical Directory of the u.s. Congress: John Henninger Reagan (1818 1905)

For Students 9th - 10th

A biography of John Henninger Reagan that focuses on his professional and political life.

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Loc: Web Guides: Primary Documents in American History

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

An extensive collection of primary source documents of early development of the new United States. Resources include a wide variety of details about the Northwest Ordinance.

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Loc: The Civil Rights Era: A Civil Rights Act of 1964 Pamphlet

For Students 9th - 10th

From the archives of the Library of Congress read the pamphlet that explained the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in plain language. Find out all the different issues the law addressed and what one could do if the law wasn't being followed. A...

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Loc: Votes for Women: Suffrage Pictures 1850 1920

For Students 9th - 10th

This extensive and varied resource shares images of the women's suffrage movement in the United States. Conduct a keyword search to explore the collection.

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Loc: One Hundred Years Toward Suffrage

For Students 9th - 10th

Abigail Adams, Sojourner Truth, and many other women played significant roles which led to the Nineteenth Amendment as highlighted in this time line.

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Loc: American Memory: Tactics and Techniques of the National Woman's Party [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

This comprehensive essay lays out the tactics the National Woman's Party used in its campaign to obtain women's suffrage. In addition to an explanation of the various tactics are many photographs from the Library of Congress' Records of...

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Loc: American Memory: Historical Overview of the National Woman's Party [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

Read this historical overview of the National Woman's Party, an organization focused on giving women the right to vote. Find out about some of the important figures in the fight and the ways the women tried to push their agenda. [pdf]

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Loc: The Industrial Revolution in the United States (Teacher's Guide) [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th

The Industrial Revolution was a complex set of economic, technological, and social changes that occurred over a substantial period of time. This teacher's guide gives background information, and suggestions for stimulating student...

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Loc: American Memory: Taking the Long View, 1851 1991

For Students 9th - 10th

A large collection of panoramic photographs covering many subjects from the Library of Congress.

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