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Alex: Calling All Books!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
High school students learn the basic outline of the Library of Congress Classification system that is used in larger college and public libraries. The class will place a collection of books into the correct classifications. An...
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Loc: Cold War Estrangement

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Library of Congress discusses the progress of World War II, and the nature of the postwar settlement at conferences in Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam.
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Loc: Marching to a New Tune

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about John Philip Sousa's last composition, "The Library of Congress March," which was performed for the first time in 2003.
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Loc: Portuguese Mapping the New World

For Students 9th - 10th
The Library of Congress provides a discussion of the importance of Portugal in the "European Age of Discovery and Exploration." Includes links to related pages within this same Library of Congress site.
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Loc: When They Were Young: A Photographic Retrospective

For Students 9th - 10th
A Library of Congress Exhibition launching the book, "When They Were Young: A Photographic Retrospective of Childhood from the Library of Congress". Very famous and thoughtful photographs with prose by Robert Coles.
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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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Loc: 1492: An Ongoing Voyage

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhibit by the Library of Congress supplies diverse facts on the famous 1492 voyage. The exhibition first examines the encounter between the European explorers and the native people. They explore five geographical areas: The Caribbean...
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Loc: Monstrous Craws & Character Flaws

For Students 9th - 10th
This Library of Congress exhibition overview shows a representative example of cartoons and caricatures from the late 18th century to present time.
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Loc: September 11 Acquisitions

For Students 9th - 10th
The Library of Congress has received original material including photographs, drawings, poems, eye-witness accounts, maps, and much more concerning the attacks on September 11th. They have archived this is a special exhibition.
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Loc: The Leonard Bernstein Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Library of Congress provides information on perhaps the most important American musical figure of the 20th century has over 400,000 items housed in the Library of Congress. Photographs, his famous Young People's...
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Loc: California History Collection: Spanish California

For Students 6th - 8th
This site from the Library of Congress contains great, but somewhat brief, information on Spanish California. The text is about three paragraphs long, but has great information on the early Spanish settlers of California.
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Loc: A Guide to World War I Materials

For Students 9th - 10th
A web guide of links to World War I resources throughout the Library of Congress web site and beyond.
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Loc: Westward Expansion: Links to the Past

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use documents from California As I Saw It: First Person Narratives, 1849-1900, in American Memory to create a script depicting the motivations, expectations, fears, and realizations of immigrants who settled California between...
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Alex: Where Can I Find That Book?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This lesson allows students to use current topics of study (e.g. the Stamp Act, the Boston Tea Party, the Intolerable Acts) to learn about the Library of Congress Classification System (LCC).
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Loc: Reformation in Germany

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief explanation of the Reformation along with pictures of significant manuscripts and letters of the reformers from the Treasures of Saxon State Library at the Library of Congress.
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Loc: America's Story: Robert "Bob" Fosse Was Born

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site is provided for by America's Library. Most of the dance that is seen today in music videos and dance clubs came from a man who lived more that 80 years ago. Learn more about this dance legend at this site from the Library of...
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Loc: America's Story: Iowa

For Students 3rd - 5th
This America's Story entry fro Iowa from the Library of Congress tells you facts and lore about the state suitable for a great paper and citable resource.
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Loc: Farrand's Records: Randolph's Suggestion for Conciliating

For Students 9th - 10th
Read Randolph's actual words from the Library of Congress in his proposal and reaction to the New Jersey Plan for solving the representation question in Congress, as recorded by James Madison at the Federal Constitutional Convention.
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Loc: Today in History: July 29: Harris Treaty & Bowling

For Students 9th - 10th
Library of Congress site presents historical material of events that happened on July 29. Topics include the Harris Treaty and the history of bowling.
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Loc: The New Nation, 1783 1815

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The links in the New Nation, which is provided for by the Library of Congress, will lead you to sets of selected primary sources on a variety of topics,such as the Constitution, governmental policy on Native Americans, and problems and...
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Loc: Vatican Exhibit: The City Recovers

For Students 9th - 10th
This section of a larger Library of Congress site briefly explains the city of Rome and its recovery during the 1500s and 1600s and includes maps and drawings of the city during that time. In addition, you'll find images of a number of...
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Loc: Susan B. Anthony, Defendant

For Students 9th - 10th
This site at the Library of Congress includes information on Anthony's trial in 1873 for her attempt to vote the year before. There is a graphic of her own copy of "An Account on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony" as well as other...
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Loc: America's Story: Capturing the Memories

For Students 3rd - 8th
American's Story--produced by the Library of Congress--profiles George Eastman's Brownie camera by Kodak, the first truly portable camera for the masses.
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Loc: America's Story: Rutherford Birchard Hayes

For Students 3rd - 8th
There was a controversy surrounding the presidential election of Rutherford B. Hayes. The Library of Congress has facts and photographs to explain.