Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine the role that gunfighters played in the settlement of the West and distinguish between their factual and fictional accounts.
Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine the lives of migrant workers in California during the Great Depression.
Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine the degree to which the Depression/New Deal amended the economic destruction of the Civil War.
Students use Library of Congress primary sources and interviews with parents, historical photographs, films, and documents to compare the immigration/migration experiences of their families to those of people living through the Great...
Students use Library of Congress primary sources to to gain an understanding of how to identify and interpret primary historical sources, specifically oral histories.
A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring LGBTQ Activism and Contributions. This set also includes a Teachers Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions. Photos, film footage, newspaper articles, interviews, and audio recordings explore LGBTQ Americans' political activism and contributions to U.S. cultural life.
Students will observe a holiday depicted in a picture from a 16th-century manuscript. They will interview family members and write a paragraph about a family tradition. After a class discussion on how an artist creates the illusion of depth, students will create a collage illustrating a family tradition with a distinct foreground, middle ground, and background.
A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring natural disasters. This set also includes a Teachers Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions.
Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine the circumstances and lives of those who endured the Great Depression and received relief from New Deal programs.
Students use Library of Congress primary sources to understand the genuine experience of oral history in order to appreciate the process of historiography using the topic of immigration.
A collection of Boise State alumni, student, staff, and faculty oral histories and personal narratives that can be adapted for use in General Education courses to help students understand the breadth of experiences within our campus community.
Students will analyze depictions of workers in a drawing and two photographs. They will conduct an interview with a family member and create original drawings about work.
A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring women's contributions to science and technology. This set also includes a Teachers Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions. Photos, film footage, newspaper articles, interviews, and manuscripts explore women's contributions to science and technology.