Teaching Kits

• Library of Congress Online Resources for Educators 
• Abraham Lincoln
• Art of War:
  WWI and WWII Posters
• Cartoon Analysis
• Childhood Lost:Child Labor During Industrial Revolution
• Coles County: Taught with Primary Sources
• Corp of Discovery:
  Revealing the American West
• Illinois: Taught with Primary Sources
• Presidential Campaigns: Packaging the Presidents
• Underground Railroad:
  A Path to Freedom
• Verse and Chorus
• WWII

Special Projects

• Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Tools
• NEW Customized Teaching with Primary Sources Institutes
• Constitution Day
• Learning with Lincoln
• Lincoln Assasination CSI Activity
• Veterans Day
• NEW Patriotic Songs

Additional Links

• EIUTPS Google Search Tool
• National TPS Site
• Library of Congressloc.gov Teacher Page
  Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Contact Us

Teaching with
Primary Sources
1415 Buzzard Hall
600 Lincoln Ave.
Charleston, IL 61920

(217) 581-8378

Director:

Cindy Rich, Ph.D.

Happy Valentine's Day! 

 Valentine in the form of a bank note. Philadelphia c. 1852

What is Teaching with Primary Sources?

The Library of Congress's Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) program works with an educational consortium of schools, universities, libraries, and foundations to help teachers use the Library’s vast collection of digitized primary sources to enrich their classroom instruction.

Teaching with Primary Sources builds on the success of the Library's previous outreach initiatives, particularly the American Memory Fellows and An Adventure of the American Mind programs. Eastern Illinois University Teaching with Primary Sources has been actively collaborating with local educators since the program inception in January 2004 and is proud to support the goals and mission of the national TPS program.  TPS was brought to the EIU campus thanks to the efforts of Senator Dick Durbin.

Spotlight Resources

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum Tools
These pages feature information and links to primary sources that are relative to exhibits within the Museum.  These resources can be beneficial for those planning a fieldtrip to Springfield as well as those unable to visit but desiring to expose students to primary sources that offer a new way to learn about President Lincoln.

Crime Wave-Prohibition and Crime

The February 2010 Issue of Central Illinois Teaching with Primary Sources Newsletter is now available.  

News Announcements and Opportunities:

1. Are you planning a trip to Washington over Spring Break or during summer vacation?  Would you like a reason to go?  The Library of Congress is offering single-day  and four-day summer institutes for educators at the Library.  Click the following links to learn more about Exploring the Early Americas Teacher Institute and Creating the United States Teacher Institute or the 2010 Summer Institutes. 

2.  NOW SCHEDULING FOR 2010 --- Professional Development - Check out information about our Customized Teaching with Primary Sources Institutes. If you are part of a team of educators teaching a common topic or theme, appreciates an opportunity to collaborate with colleagues to discuss content and curriculum, enjoys creating learning experiences that incorporate resources from the Library of Congress and would like to earn classroom equipment- WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU! YOU choose the topic or theme!

We welcome your comments and ideas about our site. Please email us if you would like to see something new added or have an idea for a theme.