Teachers
Teaching with Primary Resources
Materials for Your Classroom
The following "Teaching with Primary Resources" are available due to the support of a Library of Congress grant to Ms. Paige Kelly. The documents within these pages are available for teachers to utilize in their classroom instruction.
For more information, please contact Norfolk Collegiate's Social Studies Department Chair Sarah Newman.
Government Activities
Below are links to government activities (PDF documents) in the Library of Congress "Teaching with Primary Sources" library.
- First Day of Class: Connecting with Primary Resources
- Madison's Notes on the Anti-Federalist Convention
- What did the Anti-Federalists Want?
- Electoral Processes (Ballots)
- Nominating a Candidate for President and National Conventions
- Rise of the Bull Moose Party and Third Parties
- Political Machines
- IDM: How Well Do Our Parties Represent Us?
- Presidential Legacies
- Congress: Processes and Accomplishments
- Expansion of Voting Rights
- Fulfilling the Promise of the 15th Amendment
- Is it Ever OK for the Government to Infringe on our Most Basic Rights?
World History Activities
Below are links to government activities (PDF documents) in the Library of Congress "Teaching with Primary Sources" library.
- Ancient and Medieval World History: First day of class Connecting with Primary Sources
- Ancient and Medieval World History: Second day of Class Sorting Sources
- Modern World History: First day of Class Connecting with Primary Sources
- Modern World History: Second day of Class Sorting sources
- Exploring Early Chinese Writings through the Tang Dynasty
- Exploring the Aztec Empire and Culture
- Exploring the Inca Empire and Culture
- Comparing Aztec and Inca Governments
- Muslim World 600-1450 Natural and Medical Science
- The Role of Muslim Intellectuals in Shaping Western Knowledge
- Medieval Western Europe
- Magna Carta
- Examining Spain’s Encomienda System Using Native American Laborers
- Examining Women’s Roles in Latin America and Europe, 1450-1750
- Comparing European Maps from the 16th Century
- Atlantic Slave Trade
- Tokugawa Japan
- Jesuits in China
- Class Starter Map Cape Town 1750-1900
- Abolition in the Americas 1750-1900
- Imperialism in Africa
- End of Japanese Isolation
- Meiji Restoration
- Meiji Japan Foreign Policy
- US Imperialism
- Benito Juarez and the Constitution of 1857
- How can we understand the events of the Mexican Revolution?
- Examining US Entry into WWI
- WWI Propaganda
- WWI Propaganda: Recruitment Posters
- Comparing Propaganda of WWI
- The Impact of WWII on the Homefront
- World Christianity and the US 1900-present
US & Virginia Activities
Below are links to government activities (PDF documents) in the Library of Congress "Teaching with Primary Sources" library.
