skip navigation
  • Ask a LibrarianDigital CollectionsLibrary Catalogs
  •    Options
The Library of Congress > Teachers
Teachers
  • Teachers Home
  • Classroom Materials
  • Professional Development
  • TPS Partners
  • Using Primary Sources
  • News and Events
  • Additional Resources
  • FAQ

 RSS | Blog

 Podcasts

 Email Updates

Teachers
Bringing the power of primary sources into the classroom

This site uses Flash.
It seems that you don't have the Flash plug-in installed in your browser.
You can download the latest version of Flash.


|| Classroom Materials ||

Ready-to-use materials that bring the Library’s primary sources into the classroom.

Primary Source Sets

detail from “Emigrant Map to North America”

Immigration Challenges for New Americans

Selected primary sources that document the immigrant experience in America.

See all Primary Source Sets >>

Themed Resources

detail from “The First Voyage”

Exploration and Explorers

The Library’s best exhibitions, activities, and presentations about the exploration of the Americas.

See all Themed Resources >>

Lesson Plans

detail of cherubs from sheet music

Stand Up and Sing

Use historical sheet music to explore industrialization and the Progressive Era.

See all Lesson Plans >>

Collection Connections

detail of Abraham Lincoln

The Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana

Historical context and ideas for teaching with this collection of Lincoln-related primary sources.

See all Collection Connections >>

More Classroom Materials >>

|| Professional Development ||

Helping teachers build their skills in using the Library’s primary sources.

Library-Facilitated Training
Workshops at the Library and via videoconference.

TPS Direct
Build your own Library of Congress professional development.

detail from teaching with primary sources module

Learn more about Professional Development >>

|| TPS Partners ||

The Teaching with Primary Sources Program builds partnerships with educational organizations to support effective instruction using primary sources.

Learn more about TPS Partners >>

The TPS Quarterly
Summer Issue: Supporting Inquiry Learning

Already a member?
Log in to the TPS Member Site

|| News & Events ||

Analyzing Primary Sources: Photographs and Prints

A new self-directed PD module takes a look at images from the Library.

The Teachers Page

Teacher resources have a new home on the Library of Congress Web site.

See all News Items >>

|| Using Primary Sources ||

A quick-start guide to bringing primary sources into the classroom, with guides, tools, and information on citation and copyright.

More about using primary sources >>

|| Class Starters ||

  • Today in History
  • American Memory Timeline
  • Jump Back in Time
  • Everyday Mysteries (Science)

|| More Library Resources ||

  • America's Library
  • Center for the Book
  • Historic American Newspapers
  • Library of Congress Resource Guides
  • Music, Theater and Dance
  • National Book Festival Webcasts
  • Portals to the World
  • Research Centers
  • Veterans History Project
About | Press | Site Map | Contact | Accessibility | Legal | USA.gov