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Ideas, Activities, and Plans

Lesson Plans, Units, PD Plans, Activities, and Book Backdrops to engage and empower your students.
This vetted searchable database of teacher-created resources is your source of inspiration for primary source driven teaching across the curriculum. Find just the right resource and then let us know how you used it:
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An Image of a Telegram

Black Women and the Suffrage Movement

Ayodele Ojumu
  • External link
  • Primary Source Set
  • 9-12, Higher Ed
  • Civics and Government, History
Sanborn Fire Map of Valparaiso, Indiana

Iris Baughman Diary Escape Room

Suzanne Walker
  • Primary Source Set
  • Any Grade
  • History
COVID Pandemic Era Poster of Essential Workers

Historical Empathy Toolbox: Teaching the COVID-19 Pandemic

Katherine Perrotta
  • External link
  • Primary Source Set
  • 6-8, 9-12
  • Civics and Government, Cultural Studies
Vintage Photo of People Riding Roller Coaster

Roller Coasters and Newton's Law of Gravity

Dana Wright
  • External link
  • Primary Source Set
  • 9-12
  • Science and Technology
Big Four

How to Plan for Peace: Paris Peace Conference 1919

Kilgore, Emily
  • External link
  • Primary Source Set
  • 9-12
  • History
  • Woodrow Wilson, The Great War, World War I, Versailles, League of Nations
Primary Source Set Picture

Presidential Personalities and Campaign Issues Past, Present, and Future: Who will win my vote?

Canning, Ann
  • Primary Source Set
  • Any Grade
  • Civics and Government, History
  • American History, Campaign, Presidential Personalities, Voting
Primary Source Set Picture

Nellie Bly Thematic Primary Source Set

Canning, Ann; Hicks, David; Lee, John
  • Primary Source Set
  • Any Grade
  • Civics and Government, History
  • 1890s, Analyzing, Nellie Bly, Primary Source Set
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What Makes Up Our Community

Woodcock, Brittany
  • Unit
  • Pre K-2
  • Economics, Geography, History
  • Business, Change, Community, Jobs
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Inventions That Changed the World

VanSickle, Shelby
  • Unit
  • 3-5
  • Economics, History, Science and Technology
  • Band-Aids, Economics, Inventions, Marketing
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African American Soldiers in the Union Army

Rouse, Katrina
  • PD Plan
  • 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
  • Civics and Government, Cultural Studies, History
  • ISTE
  • African American Soldiers, Civil War, Union Army
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The New Deal and Its Legacies in West Virginia

James, Elizabeth
  • PD Plan
  • 9-12, Higher Ed
  • Civics and Government, History
  • ISTE
  • Federal Programs, Stereotypes, The New Deal, West Virginia
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Black History and the African American Read-In

Fink, Lisa
  • PD Plan
  • Any Grade
  • Civics and Government, Cultural Studies, History
  • NCTE
  • African American Authors, African American History, Analyzing, Black History Month, Literature
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Where People Live Historical Inquiry

Ellison, Jessica
  • PD Plan
  • 3-5
  • Civics and Government, Geography, History
  • AASL, ISTE
  • Analyze, Historical Inquiry, Immigration
C3 photo

What are the Props Behind Propaganda?

Shimko, Jessie
  • C3 Inquiry
  • 9-12
  • Civics and Government, Cultural Studies, History
  • Cold War, Inquiry, Nuclear Weapons, Propaganda
C3 photo

Did We Overcome?

Holt, Bailey
  • C3 Inquiry
  • 6-8
  • Civics and Government, Cultural Studies, History
  • African Americans' Rights, Discrimination, Jim Crow Laws, Protests, Racism
C3 photo

Why Did New York and the Nation Need the Erie Canal?

Ziemer, Heidi
  • C3 Inquiry
  • 3-5
  • Geography, History
  • American Revolution, Erie Canal, Federal Government, Transportation, Westward Movement
C3 photo

How Did Cotton Sow the Seeds of Panic

Beccaris-Pescatore, Jill
  • C3 Inquiry
  • 9-12
  • Civics and Government, Cultural Studies, Economics, History
  • Cotton Industry, Economics, Panic of 1837, Slavery, Trade
NAfME Logo

Responsive Inquiry In and Through Instrumental Music - NAfME

Neff, Jenny
  • External link
  • Activity
  • Any Grade
  • Arts and Music, Cultural Studies, History
  • Analyzing, Instrumental, Music, NAfME, Responsive Inquiry
NAfME Logo

Responsive Inquiry In and Through Vocal Music - NAfME Webinar

Bennett, Carolyn
  • External link
  • Activity
  • Any Grade
  • Arts and Music, History
  • Analyzing, Music, NAfME, Responsive Inquiry, Vocal, Webinar
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Introducing Pre-Service English Teachers to the Library of Congress

Sunday, Jill
  • PD Plan
  • Higher Ed
  • English/Language Arts
  • Critical Thinking, English, Higher Education, Pre-Service Teachers
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What's New About Fake News? Exploring Library of Congress Collections to Develop Media Literacy Webinar

Manfra, Meghan; TPS Eastern Region
  • External link
  • Activity
  • Any Grade
  • Civics and Government, Cultural Studies, History
  • Fake News, Literacy, Social media, Webinar
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Using The QFT with Primary Sources from the Library of Congress Webinar

Heafner, Tina; Westbrook, Sarah; Canning, Ann; Hanson, Jennifer; TPS Eastern Region
  • External link
  • Activity
  • Any Grade
  • Civics and Government, History
  • Strategies, Inquiry-based Learning, Webinar
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Working Toward a Culturally Relevant Classroom Webinar

Ellison, Jessica ; TPS Eastern Region
  • External link
  • Activity
  • Any Grade
  • Civics and Government, Cultural Studies
  • Inquiry, Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Webinar
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See, Think, and Wonder: Engaging Young Children in Primary Source Inquiry with the KidCitizen Interactive Webinar

Berson, Ilene; Berson, Michael; Snow, Bert; TPS Eastern Region
  • External link
  • Activity
  • Any Grade
  • Civics and Government, History
  • Civic engagement, Congress, KidCitizen, Webinar

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