Learn with Primary Sources from the Library of Congress Group of young women reading in library of normal school, Washington, D.C. 1899 Group of Jewish

Learn with Learn with Primary Primary Sources Sources from the from the Library of Library of CongressCongressGroup of young women reading in library of normal

school, Washington, D.C. 1899

Group of Jewish children with a teacher, 1905-1915School children with teacher, Aginskoe, Russia,

2000

Here are some examples of Here are some examples of how teachers at Glen Forest how teachers at Glen Forest

Elementary School have used Elementary School have used Library of Congress primary Library of Congress primary sources to deepen student sources to deepen student

understanding…..understanding…..

Can you guess who may have used Can you guess who may have used this image?this image?

55thth Grade math students Grade math students used it toused it to

See real life applications of See real life applications of mathematical concepts. mathematical concepts.

Credit: Unknown (1942). Women aircraft workers finishing transparent bomber noses at the Douglas Aircraft Co. plant in Long Beach, Calif.. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs

Can you guess who may have used Can you guess who may have used this image?this image?

44thth and 5 and 5thth Grade social Grade social studies students used it studies students used it

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Understand that important discoveries Understand that important discoveries about electricity led to modern inventions about electricity led to modern inventions

and uses. and uses.

Credit: Lee, Russell (1942). Anaconda smelter, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company Electromagnet removes metallic particles from ore. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs Online Catalog.

Can you guess who used this Can you guess who used this image?image?

33rdrd Grade social studies Grade social studies students used it tostudents used it to

Identify what Martin Luther Identify what Martin Luther King, Jr. looked like.King, Jr. looked like.

Credits: Unknown (1964). [Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs Online Catalog.

Can you guess who used this image?Can you guess who used this image?

First grade science First grade science students used it tostudents used it to

Understand the difference Understand the difference between things that produce between things that produce light and things that do not. light and things that do not.

Credit: Horydczak, Theodor, ca 1890 1971, photographer, ca. 1920-ca. 1950. . Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Sun rays in Benning plant. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs


PreK students used it PreK students used it toto

Understand how nursery Understand how nursery rhymes have changed.rhymes have changed.

Credit: Gregg, A. (1936-1940). Little Miss Muffet ... reading a picture book ... / Gregg.. Library of Congress: American Memory, By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943


44thth Grade students Grade students used it toused it to

Understand that the way Understand that the way individuals react to situations individuals react to situations

depends on the background of the depends on the background of the conflict. conflict.

Credit: Unknown. (1861). Bombardment of Fort Sumter by the batteries of the Confederate states. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs


44thth grade social grade social studies students used studies students used

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Understand what is involved Understand what is involved in creating an effective in creating an effective

government. government.

Credit: Hintermeister, H (1897). The foundation of American government / Hy. Hintermeister.. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs


33rdrd grade social grade social studies students used studies students used

it toit to

Understand how life has Understand how life has changed for women. changed for women.

Credit: Gustin, E.W. (c1909). Election Day!. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs



it toit to

Understand how primary Understand how primary sources help tell the story of sources help tell the story of

life during different periods of life during different periods of history. history.

Credit: Unknown. Brandy Station, Va. Dinner party outside tent, Army of the Potomac headquarters. Library of Congress: American Memory, Selected Civil War Photographs

Can you guess who used these Can you guess who used these images?images?

55thth grade counseling grade counseling students used them students used them

totoUnderstand how Rosa Parks Understand how Rosa Parks made a positive influence in made a positive influence in the value of human rights.the value of human rights.

Credit: United Press Association. (1956). [Rosa Parks, three-quarter length portrait, seated toward front of bus, facing right, Montgomery, Alabama]. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs

Associated Press (1956). Woman fingerprinted. Mrs. Rosa Parks, Negro seamstress, whose refusal to move to the back of a bus touched off the bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala.. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs

Unknown (1964). She set a precedent. Library of Congress: American Memory



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Understand the difference Understand the difference between factory work and between factory work and

plantation work.plantation work.

Credit: Carroll, Thomas (1994). The building which houses Garden State Cutting Company. Their space extends north from the corner visible here (north is toward the left of the frame, following the axis of the building toward 20th Avenue, which is not visible here). Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs Online Catalog, Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting.


22ndnd grade science grade science students used it tostudents used it to

Understand that people Understand that people develop machines to develop machines to

accomplish tasks more accomplish tasks more efficiently and effectively. efficiently and effectively.

Credit: F.H. Lummus' Sons & Co. (1896). Lummus Cotton Gins. Library of Congress: American Memory, Emergence of Advertising in America, 1850-1920: Selections from the Collections of Duke University



it toit to

Understand that the loss of a Understand that the loss of a good leader makes people good leader makes people

sad.sad.

Credit: Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer c.1909 . [Photograph of Abraham Lincoln lying on his deathbed surrounded by various men]. . Library of Congress: American Memory, Photographs from the Chicago Daily News, 1902-1933

Can you guess who used these Can you guess who used these images?images?

55thth grade language grade language arts students used arts students used

them tothem to

Write story leads as a means Write story leads as a means of expressing themselves.of expressing themselves.

Credit: Once upon a time / Whitley.. Library of Congress: American Memory, By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943

Phillis Wheatley, Negro servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston. Library of Congress

McKenzie, A. (1941). [Jack and the beanstalk]. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs, Posters: WPA Poster Collection


22ndnd grade social grade social studies students used studies students used

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Understand that each Understand that each continent is unique.continent is unique.

Credit: Unknown (c1911). The world's mightiest cataract - Victoria Falls, 360 feet high, in Zambesi River, [Rhodesia]. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs, Sterograph Cards

So, what does this image have to do So, what does this image have to do with Glen Forest Elementary School?with Glen Forest Elementary School?

This is a pencil drawing of General This is a pencil drawing of General McClellan reviewing his troops near McClellan reviewing his troops near

Bailey’s Cross Roads from November Bailey’s Cross Roads from November 1861.1861.

General McClellan was the General and General McClellan was the General and Chief of the Union Army from 1861 – Chief of the Union Army from 1861 –

1862.1862.

Credit: Waud, A. (1861). McClellan reviewing his troops near Bailey’s Cross Roads. Library of Congress: American Memory.

Students in many different classrooms love to Students in many different classrooms love to examine primary sources as puzzles and pieces of examine primary sources as puzzles and pieces of

puzzles.puzzles.

Hines, L. (1917) Teacher and student. Library of Congress: American Memory

How could primary sources be How could primary sources be used with your students?used with your students?

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Series?

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Learn with Primary Sources from the Library of Congress Group of young women reading in library of normal school, Washington, D.C. 1899 Group of Jewish