Handouts - a grab bag of goodies

The Library of Congress for Teachers (blue)

Word file 2 Mb
PDF file 245 Kb

How to Use Primary Sources (green)

Word file 2.6 Mb
PDF file 245 Kb

Why Use Primary Sources? (red)

Word file 2.7 Mb
PDF file 243 Kb

America's Online Educational Library

Three beautiful introductions to the Library of Congress Web sites highlighting primary sources from the Library's collections.

PowerPoint File
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- 31 slides, approx. 37Mb

PDF File (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
- 31 pages, approx. 13.7Mb

Flash Presentation for PC users
Flash Presentation for Mac users
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- approx. 30Mb
technical note: Because of the presentation's size and design, these files should be downloaded, not played in your browser

Tour of the Library of Congress

A touring guide to the Library of Congress Web site, designed with educators in mind.

PDF file (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
- 3 pages, approx. 155Kb

EyeSpy Math in American Memory

An engaging resource to help students recognize math concepts through images and documents from the American Memory collections.

PowerPoint File
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- 29 slides, approx. 2.1Mb

Microsoft Word file (Image and Document Lists)
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- 4 pages, approx. 84Kb

American Memory Historical Collections

An alphabetical title and description list of American Memory collections as of December, 2004.

PDF file (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
- 23 pages, approx. 144Kb

Toolkit for finding Treasures in American Memory

A guide that describes the tools for searching, browsing and other treasure-hunting techniques.

PDF file (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
- 2 pages, approx. 26Kb

Why Use Primary Sources?

An illustrated handout that provides a rationale for using primary sources.

PDF file (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
- 2 pages, approx. 382 Kb

Microsoft Word file (includes links to sources)
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- 2 pages, approx. 311 Kb

The Learning Page

A reference guide that describes The Learning Page and provides logos and URLs for Library of Congress Web sites of key interest to educators.

PDF file (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
- 2 pages, approx. 1.53Mb

Exploring the Library of Congress via the Internet

A reference guide to key Library Web sites.

PDF file (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
- 2 pages, approx. 290Kb

Selected Resources for School Librarians and Teachers

A guide to web resources for school librarians and teachers from the Library of Congress Web sites.

PDF file (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
- 1 page, approx. 87Kb