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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Library of Congress Classification System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will be introduced to the Library of Congress Classification System by viewing two online tutorials. The students will make flash cards in order to study the main classes of the Library of Congress Classification System. The...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Learn the Library of Congress Classification System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The students will develop an understanding of the organization of main and primary subclasses of the Library of Congress Classification System. The students will demonstrate knowledge and independence in using the LCC through online...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Comparing Dewey and the Library of Congress

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
High school students will learn the distinction between the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) and the Library of Congress Classification (LCC). After a PowerPoint presentation of the LCC, the students will compare and contrast the two...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Library of Congress Classification System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson students will be introduced to the Library of Congress Classification System. They will compare and contrast it to the Dewey Decimal System. Students will determine where information on different topics would be located...
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: First Continental Congress

For Students 5th - 8th
By 1774 the colonists had had enough of what they saw as British disrespect and lack of concern about their grievances. Read about the cooperation of the colonies in forming the First Continental Congress to address these issues.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Classify With the Library of Congress

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars will learn about the Library of Congress Classification System by viewing online tutorials.Students will create visual aids to communicate an understanding of the system. Young scholars will use the LCC to locate and...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Dewey and the Library of Congress: Map and Matching

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After reviewing the Dewey Decimal Classification System, students are introduced to the Library of Congress Classification System. Students create a map of a university library that uses the LCCS and demonstrate their understanding of...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Second Continental Congress (1775)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An overview of the Second Continental Congress (1775).
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Website
Country Studies US

Country Studies: Online Version of a Book Published by the Library of Congress

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection provides online versions of printed books from the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. These material were created as part of the Country Studies/Area Handbook Series sponsored by the U.S. Department of...
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Second Continental Congress

For Students 5th - 8th
The Second Continental Congress was the die cast into the river of Revolution. Read about the decisions made and the actions taken in preparation for declaring independence.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Fdr's War Message to Congress Fact or Opinion

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders will read FDR's War Message to Congress with a partner recording important details as fact or opinion.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1844 1877: Reconstruction: The First Kkk

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains how the Ku Klux Klan came into existence and how they terrorized African Americans as well as those who sympathized with them. The Klan would suppress the black vote so that Democrats had a better chance of winning an election...
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Thomson Reuters

Find Law: Article I: Congressional Qualifications

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides text of Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution. Section 2 of the article deals specifically with the qualifications needed to be a representative of the U.S. Congress. This site provides text as its worded in the...
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Activity
Library of Congress

Loc: Hispanic Americans in Congress, Jose Serrano

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the biography page for the Hispanic congressman from New York state Jose Serrano, who has served since 1990.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: Government and Constitution: Article 1 of the Us Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Presents a summary and the full text of Artice I of the US Constitution. Article 1 primarily deals with Congress explaining who may become a representative, and who may become a senator, all of the powers that Congress and the individual...
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: Government and Constitution: Us House of Representatives Facts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Detailed facts and information provide a quick overview of how the US House of Representatives, a part of Congress, works.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: Government and Constitution: Us Senate Facts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Detailed facts and information on the United States Senate, a part of Congress that has the power to pass, amend and repeal bills that are made into the law of the land.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Congress: The Senate and the House of Representatives: Foundational

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions over the Senate and the House of Representatives. These practice questions are intended for students taking a high school or college level American Government and Civics...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Revolution: Continental Congress [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that examines the rules by which the Continental Congress governed colonial America. Learners will identify people who held positions of leadership...
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Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: Washington's Letter to Continental Congress

For Students 3rd - 8th
George Washington's letters to the Continental Congress give us a glimpse into his thoughts and ideas during the American Revolution. Features a sample of one of these correspondences, along with a portrait of Washington, and a historic...
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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
The Dirksen Congressional Center

Congress for Kids: Constitution: The Work Begins

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover how the Constitution was initiated and read about the Constitutional Congress. After learning about the beginning stages of the Constitution, take a quiz to show your learning.
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Activity
The Dirksen Congressional Center

Congress for Kids: Legislative Branch, the Senate

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Activities that students can use to understand the job of the US Senate, and become more engaged in the legislative process.
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Activity
Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Article I, Section 6

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents section 6 of article 1 of the U.S. Constitution, which details the rights and disabilities of members of Congress. The site discusses congressional pay, and privileges from arrest and of speech or debate in an...

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