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Activity
Library of Congress

Loc: First Ladies of the United States

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of portraits of the first ladies of the United States.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Prints & Photograph: Photographs of African Americans During the Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
A Library of Congress collection of digitized photos of African Americans during the Civil War, including photos of soldiers and freedmen. From the Library of Congress.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Language of the Land

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Language of the Land uses the metaphor of a journey to tour the rich literary heritage of the US through maps, the words of authors, images of characters, and photographs.
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Activity
Library of Congress

Loc: Us Executive Branch Web Sites

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the Library of Congress you will find a list of independent executive agencies and links to their sites under "Independent Agencies".
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Cold War Cuban Missile Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
This site details the placing of intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Cuba by the Soviet Union. The article discusses why Khrushchev did this, and what the U.S. did about this. Also provided is the text to Krushchev's letter to JFK...
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Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: Repression & Terror: Stalin in Control

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the repression implemented by Joseph Stalin to maintain tight control of Russia. It was a reign of arrests and execution.
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Photographs of Signs Enforcing Racial Discrimination

For Students 9th - 10th
Photographs taken in the 1940s of various public places that had posted signs for "White" and "Colored."
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Everyday Mysteries Fun Science Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource is hosted by the Science and Technology Research Center of the Library of Congress. You are able to search the site to find answers to your science questions. The database of answers is composed of all questions asked of...
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Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Classroom Materials: Who's That Lady?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site was designed as a video conference with the national First Ladies Library. It is an entire lesson that culminates in a competition where students try to identify recent first ladies based on their research.
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Activity
Library of Congress

Loc: "I Do Solemnly Swear" Presidential Inauguration

For Students 6th - 8th
This interactive site looks at presidential inaugurations from the first, George Washington to the present. Primary documents are included.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Churchhill and the Great Republic

For Students 9th - 10th
This Library of Congress exhibit uses historic, primary documents to trace the life and accomplishments of Winston Churchill.
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Stories From Veterans

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of the Library of Congress Veteran History Project, these stories tell of life altering occurrences events that occurred while on a mission, and the wait for those at home. These are historical and primary-source first person...
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Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: Native American History

For Students 9th - 10th
These six extensive collections provide first-person historical accounts, audio clips of music and thousands of photographs from Native American cultures. Audio requires Windows Media Player for PCs, and QuickTime for Mac.
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Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Rise of Industrial America: Railroads in the Late 19th Century

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A compilation of primary source documents addressing building and running the railroad system in the late 19th century.
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Activity
Library of Congress

Loc: On the Homefront: America During Ww I and Ww Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
Using primary source documents from the Library of Congress, learn about volunteer work, civil defense, conservation efforts, economic initiatives, and patriotic support on the homefront in both World War I and World War II.
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: New Nation: The Constitution [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This teacher's guide provides a list of resources for information about the Constitution and its signers.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: American Treasures: Benjamin Franklin: In His Own Words

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life and contributions of Benjamin Franklin by examining his letters, books, cartoons, speeches, and manuscripts. An excellent resource for teaching and learning about the history of the United States using primary source...
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Naacp: A Century in the Fight for Freedom: Civil Rights Act of 1957

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a brief description of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, a document adopted at the beginning of the Civil Rights movement. Click on the document to see the primary resource.
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Unit Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Revising Himself: Walt Whitman and "Leaves of Grass"

For Students 9th - 10th
This multimedia exhibition examines Whitman's life and writing career, as he continually revised his masterwork, "Leaves of Grass."
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Activity
Library of Congress

Loc: Celtic Roots, Stories, Songs and Traditions

For Students 9th - 10th
View a webcast of the program put on by the Library of Congress about Irish immigrants. Program includes Irish music, storytelling and poetry.
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: National Child Labor Committee Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Newspaper clipping from 1911 illustrating the dangers of children working in factories while the Congresswas investigating the concerns voiced by families of workers.
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Child Labor in the Canning Industry of Maryland [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Child labor was a terribly common, but dangerous thing near the end of the nineteenth century. Read this report of the conditions in a particular cannery in Maryland where many young children are working the lines.
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Graphic
Library of Congress

Loc: National Child Labor Committee Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
A picture of a toddler working.
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Handout
California Digital Library

Library of Congress: The Chinese in California

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the immigration of the Chinese people to California through primary source documents and images. Understand the tensions and issues that arose as the immigration continued from 1850-1925.