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Using Resources from American Memory in U.S. History Classes
Teachers Charlie Flanagan and Nancy Fitch describe how they use American Memory to teach about the 1876 Philadelphia Exposition as public history. | July 09, 2004 |
Blessed Ted-fred: Famous Fathers Write to Their Children
Even the youngest children can experience the fun of working with primary sources using such gems from American Memory as letters written by Theodore Roosevelt and Alexander Graham Bell to their children. | July 09, 2004 |
Found Poetry and the American Life Histories Collection
Middle school teachers find the interviews in the American Life Histories to be rich resources for creating found poetry. | July 09, 2004 |
Northern Valley Archives: Developing Web-Based Activities from the American Memory Collection
Social studies teachers and library media specialists from Northern Valley Regional High School and their sending district middle schools participated in an American Memory project to create web-based lessons. | April 06, 2004 |
Using the American Memory Timeline to Learn about Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
This article provides one model for how the American Memory Timeline can be used in U.S. history classes; the model is adaptable to any era covered in the timeline. | February 01, 2004 |
American Memory Sounds Off!
Library Media Specialist Gail Petri provides three ideas for using American Memory’s sheet music and audio files with elementary students. | February 19, 2003 |
Using Sheet Music to Investigate the Reconstruction
By guiding students in careful analysis of sheet music, library media specialist Donna B. Levene helps them gain deeper understanding of racial attitudes during the Reconstruction period in American history. | February 19, 2003 |
Scoring with Voices from the Dust Bowl
Students use American roots music to score a retelling of Cinderella set in a migrant labor camp in 1940. | October 01, 2002 |
Sheet Music Gives Clues to Labor Conditions
Librarian Nancy Woodward describes how sheet music from American Memory can be used to teach about the labor movement in the late 1800s. | October 01, 2002 |
The Quilt as Metaphor
In this lesson, students explore the quilt as a metaphor used in literature to represent American values and ideals. The lesson is adaptable for all age groups. | April 01, 2002 |
Gender Issues, Race Relations, and Pastimes
Students examine play scripts, baseball cards, sheet music, and more in this lesson developed by Claire McCaffery Griffin. The lesson is suitable for middle or high school use. | April 01, 2002 |
