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Teaching with the Civil Rights History Project
This summer, 125 teachers from around the country came to Washington to participate in five Library of Congress Summer Teachers Institutes to learn more about using the library’s primary sources in the...
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Educators, Teach Your Students a Meaningful Lesson this Fall
Maryland high school and college students attend VHP workshop hosted by Rep. Donna Edwards (MD-4). Summer is almost over. Just thinking about that makes me kind of sad. The giddiness I shared with you...
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VHP in the Classroom
The following is a guest post by Andrew Huber, Liaison Specialist for the Veterans History Project (VHP). As students have returned to school across the country, young people are learning not just...
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Appalachian Veterans: Our History, Their Story
The following is a guest blog post by Tea McCaulla, an English instructor at Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center (PRCTC) in Ohio. Each year, she incorporates the Veterans History Project (VHP)...
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Riddles of Life
The following is a guest blog post co-authored by Rachel Nave McCubbin and her sisters, Lynne Cosby and Patience Fort, who recently traveled from Kentucky and Pennsylvania to the Library of Congress...
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Winding Down the Civil Rights History Project: A Retrospective and Appreciation
As African American History Month concludes in 2020, the AFC is proud to announce the culmination of the Civil Rights History Project (CRHP) with the online release of the last batch of the 145 video...
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AFC’s New Story Map and Research Guide for Higher Education
The title slide of the American Folklife Center Online story map. Last fall, we announced plans for bolstering the AFC’s outreach to higher education, making our resources more accessible to the...
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Carrying On
The following is a guest blog by Travis Bickford, supervisory liaison specialist for the Library of Congress Veterans History Project (VHP). Travis Bickford reading to students, Chicago, IL, 2013....
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