EIU Teaching with Primary Sources

This page lists a variety of topics and diverse resources available at the Library of Congress.  They are not as formally assembled as our Themed Resources, but combined with those and The Source (newsletter, blog and podcasts) we will try to cover a broad range of topics.  Please let us know if there is something that you would like us to add!

You will also find notes and links discussed in the TechTalk4Teachers podcasts with Dr. Tom Grissom of the EIU Instructional Technology Center.  If you missed an episode, follow the link to download or listen.

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African Americans in the Civil War - September 2008

Art - Presidents in Art - May 2008

Art of War - Themed Resource 

Authors and Poets - November 2007

Automobiles - January 2011

Aviation - March 2010

B

Baseball & Softball - April 2011

C

Cartoons - Themed Resource Set

Childhood Labor Laws - Themed Resource Set

Circus - December 2010

Civil Rights - December 2006

Civil War (3/31/12 podcast notes and links)

Civil War - African Americans in the Civil War - September 2008

Civil War - Children During the Civil War - October 2008

Civil War Photographs - April 2008

Coles County Illinois - Themed Resource Set

The Confederacy - December 2011

Constitution and Bill of Rights (1/31/12 podcast notes and links)

Consumerism - October 2006

D

Dance - December 2009

E

Elections - November 2009

Explorers and Exploration - May 2007

F

Farming - April 2007

Freeze of 1912 

G

Gardens - November 2010

H

Halloween (added 10/24/11)

I

Illinois - Themed Resource Set

Immigration - April 2010

Industrial Revolution: Childhood Labor Laws - Themed Resource Set

Inventions and Inventors - February 2007

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L

Lincoln Assassination: CSI - Special Activity

Lincoln at 200 - February 2009

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum - Support Materials

Lincoln: Verse and Chorus - Themed Resource Set

M

Military Medicine - September 2011

Monuments - October 2011

Money - U.S. Currency - February 2008

Music (10/31/11 podcast notes and links)

N

Natural Disasters (9/30/11 podcast notes and links)

Newspapers - October 2009

O

Opry - March 2011

P

Patriotic Songs - Special Project

Pearl Harbor - January 2010

Personal Digital Preservation (4/30/12 podcast notes and links)

The Pioneers  - September 2009

Population - November 2011 newsletter

Postcards - February 2011

Preserving Digital Born Materials (2/29/12 podcast notes and links)

Our President - January 2007

Presidents in Art - May 2008

Presidential Campaigns - Themed Resource Set

Presidential Executive Orders - January 2008

Presidential Inaugurations - March 2008

Presidential Nominations - June 2008

Presidential Speeches - November 2008

Prohibition and Crime - February 2010

Q

R

Railway Mail Service - Special Project & Railway Post Office Clerk - May 2010

Recipes - October 2010

S

Secret Service / Protecting The President - January 2009

September 11 (8/31/11 podcast notes and links) Also see September 11 Special Project

Social Media to Share Historic Media (11/30/11 podcast notes and links)

Suffrage - September 2010

Summertime - June 2007

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Titanic (3/31/12 podcast notes and links)

U

Underground Railroad - Themed Resource Set

U.S. Currency - February 2008

V

Veteran's Day (10/31/11 podcast notes and links) Also see Veteran's Day Special Project

W

Women: Suffrage - September 2010

Women: World War II - October 2007

World War I and II - Posters - Themed Resource Set

World War II  - Themed Resource Set

World War II - Women- October 2007

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