Library of Congress
There are more resources on the web than any one person can possibly keep up with - that’s why we need organized collections like those at www.ohiotreasurechest.org and www.d3a2.org to help sort it out. The great part is that there’s that much material, the bad part is that it’s easy to overlook great stuff.
One such resource is the Library of Congress (LOC) website - www.loc.gov. It’s really not possible to write an exhaustive post on the breadth of the resources on the LOC site. The “Selected Resources for School Librarians and Teachers” guide alone lists 37 specific collections.
The scope of resources includes such items as:
- historical collections
- veterans history
- an international section
- prints and photographs
- children’s literature
- poetry for American high schools
- terrorism studies
- copyright information
- a map collection of “Places in the News!“
- and LOC webcasts.
This is to name only a small handful.
As a starting point, let me point you to three items from the site:
- LOC Teachers’ Page: www.loc.gov/teachers
- Selected Resources for School Librarians and Teachers (PDF): memory.loc.gov/learn/educators/handouts/school_lbn.pdf
- Handouts: memory.loc.gov/learn/educators/handouts
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
