This is Free? The Marvelous of Library of Congress
NECC-June 23, 2004

”I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”
                                                                                                  Pablo Picasso

Library of Congress http://loc.gov/ 

Comprehensive List http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/PrimarySources.html

The Invisible Web
The Deep Web http://www.brightplanet.com/deepcontent/tutorials/DeepWeb/index.asp
Uncovering the Hidden Web Part I http://www.ericdigests.org/2002-2/hidden.htm
Uncovering the Hidden Web Part II http://www.ericdigests.org/2002-2/web.htm

Read this article to learn more about the challenges of using primary sources and how to develop new types of activities. 
Challenges Primary Sources Online: Recreation or Education? By Glenn Kleiman
http://www.edc.org/LNT/news/Issue2/primres.htm

Focus Activities
General store interior, Moundville, Alabama  http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/ppmsc/00200/00246r.jpg
A member of the Wilkins family…Tallyho, Granville County, North Carolina http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/ppmsc/00200/00260r.jpg
Why the American Child Is Not Welcome in Apartment Buildings http://dbs.ohiohistory.org/africanam/page1.cfm?ItemID=3778

The Library of Congress website is divided into six major sections (and dozens of sub-sections):

• American Memory http://memory.loc.gov/
• Global Gateway http://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.html
• America’s Story http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
• Thomas http://thomas.loc.gov/
• Exhibitions http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/
• Lewis and Clark http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/lewisandclark/
• Bob Hope http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/bobhope/ 
• Wise Guide http://www.loc.gov/wiseguide/index-flash.html

American Memory http://memory.loc.gov/

On the American Memories homepage you can find

• Today in History http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html
• Search Example of the Day
• What’s New at American Memory http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/whats/new.html
• Collection Search Engine http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/mdbquery.html
• Collections Finder http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/finder.html
• Learning Page http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/index.html
• Chat with a Librarian http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/chat-memory.html

Collection Finder http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/finder.html

• Jackie Robinson and other Baseball Highlights http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/jrhtml/jrhome.html
• Edward Curtis’sThe North American Indian http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
• Quilts and Quiltmaking in America http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/qlthtml/qlthome.html

The Learning Page http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/index.html

• The Source http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/community/am_newsletter/index.php
• E-Mail Update http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/community/tlpnewsletter/nlsubscribe.html
• NEWS! On the Learning Page http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/news/index.html

The Learning Page is divided into 6 major sections

o        Getting Started primary sources, how-to, links

o        Lesson Plans

o        Features and Activities

o        Collection Connections

o        Community Center

o        Professional Development

 Getting Started http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/start/index.html

• Primary Sources http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/start/prim_sources.html
• Teacher Activity Looking Into Holidays Past http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/doc_analysis/index.html
• Student Lessons http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/psources/source.html
• Student Workshop Discovering American Memory http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/educators/workshop/discover/index.html
• Treasure Hunts http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/educators/workshop/discover/treas.html
• What Do You See? http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/educators/workshop/discover/yousee.html

• How-To Use the Library of Congress resources http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/start/howtos.html
• Citation Machine http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/index.php
• Links to other resources http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/start/links.html

Lesson Plans http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/index.html

• Civil War Through A Child’s Eyes http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/99/civilwar/index.html
• Voices for Votes: Suffrage Strategies http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/00/suffrage/index.html
• American Dreams http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/97/dream/index.html

Features and Activities http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/index.html

• The Branding of America http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/branding/index.php
• The Great American Potluck http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/immig/ckbk/index.html
• Fill Up the Canvas Lewis and Clark http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/lewisandclark/index.html
• With Wings as Eagles From Fantasy to Flight http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/lewisandclark/index.html
• Zoom into Maps http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/maps/index.html
• What in the World Is That? http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/science/flash.html

Collection Connections http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/collections/index.html

• Baseball Cards 1887-1914 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/collections/bball/index.html
• Suffering Under a Great Injustice http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/collections/manzanar/index.html
• I Do Solemnly Swear Presidential Inaugurations http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/collections/inaug/index.html

Community Center--live chats

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/community/index.html

Professional Development http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/educators/index.html

• Workshops http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/educators/workshop/ssindex.html

• The Second Wave: European Immigration http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/educators/workshop/european/wover.html
• Searching American Memory http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/educators/workshop/search/index.html
• Games Kids Play: PowerPoint Pizzazz http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/educators/workshop/pizazz/index.html 
• Basic HTML http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/educators/workshop/html/basic.html

• Handouts http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/educators/handouts/index.html

American Folklife Center http://www.loc.gov/folklife/

o        Voices from the Dust Bowl http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tshome.html

o        Veterans History Project http://www.loc.gov/folklife/vets/ 

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