Online Searching - the Internet & the LOC
Are you getting lost on the information highway? Do you need help finding quality sources to present to students? Are you prepared to teach students how to search online? Learn how to efficiently and effectively search the Internet using basic and advanced techniques. Then learn tips and tricks for searching the Library of Congress (LOC) to uncover a treasure trove of primary sources.

Primary Sources
Much more than traditional textbooks, primary sources bring information to life and encourage us to think more deeply and broadly about our world. Review the different types of primary sources and the benefits they provide students. Then learn how to use primary sources from the LOC and other institutions to enrich the classroom experience.

Project-Based Learning
How do we effectively teach the new skills needed in the Knowledge Age? Project-based learning is one method being implemented in forward-thinking schools around the country. Gain access to current research and information about the benefits of project-based learning, as well as strategies for incorporating project-based learning into the classroom.

Using the LOC    
Explore the vast online resources available from the Library of Congress (LOC). Access millions of primary sources, search legislative information, discover international resources, and more! Then learn how you can use these resources to engage and energize students.

Project Prep - American Memory & Me Birthday Project    
This module prepares you to acquaint students with primary sources and the LOC's digitized collections.  

Project Prep - Digital Stories of Our Heroes    
This module prepares you to use digital storytelling to bring history to life for students and the community.  

Project Prep - Photos & Perspectives of the Civil War    
This module prepares you to develop students' critical thinking skills through photographic analysis using the digital primary-source collections at the Library of Congress.

Project Prep - Presidential Portraits    
This module prepares you to assist students as they objectively and subjectively analyze primary source images, contemplate what it means to be presidential, and create their own presidential portraits.  

Project Prep - Print Advertising Across the Centuries    
This module prepares you to encourage students to use their natural curiosity about the similarities between the past, present, and future to analyze and compare and contrast historical, contemporary, and hypothetical print advertisements of the future.  

Project Prep - Star Spangled Banner    
This module prepares you to use primary-source, multimedia presentations and hands-on, engaging creative activities to help students learn the lyrics to our national anthem while also broadening their understanding of key events in our nation's history.