Themed Resources
- Library of Congress Online Resources for Educators (pdf)
- 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 - Teaching the Holocaust with Primary Sources
- Illinois: Taught with Primary Sources
- Presidential Campaigns: Packaging the Presidents
- Underground Railroad:
A Path to Freedom - Verse and Chorus
- WWII
- Top Topics
Special Projects
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Tools
- Classroom Activities
- Constant Motion:
The Job of Railway Post Office Clerks - Constitution Day
- Library of Congress Site Update "Cheat Sheet" (pdf)
- Lincoln Assassination CSI Activity
- Patriotic Songs
Professional Development
- Update-Summer Institute
- TPS EIU Jump-Start
- TPS in Action
(onsite workshop series) - Customized Teaching with Primary Sources Institutes
Additional LInks
- EIUTPS Google Search Tool
- National TPS Site
- Library of Congress
- loc.gov Teacher PageAbraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
EIU Teaching with Primary Sources
Mr. W. Waldman
Name: Wally Waldman
Hometown: DuBois, Illinois
Years of Service: 1962-1968
Lines Worked: Chicago to Memphis and Carbondale
Assignment after Mail Train: Centralia Post Office, Centralia, Illinois
Read and listen to Mr. Waldman's interview with the National Postal Museum by clicking here.
In his own words...
"You got paid for 48 minutes that was an hour because you had to do so much studying and also keep your schemes up, your schedules and then you had to get your supplies like your labels stamped up...quite a bit to do on your days off"
Mr. Waldman on the job of RPO clerks
when not on the train.
Primary Sources
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