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	Poster showing a mortarboard and a pair of glasses superimposed over a globe, promoting use of libraries. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (1941). View
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America's Quilting History Created by: Teresa Krause Grade Range: 7th, 8th, 9th The students will learn the history of quilts and quilt making in America. They will also learn the basics of putting a quilt together. The final goal is for the class to make a quilt. More...
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American Women Homepage Unlike most American Memory presentations, American Women is not a collection of digital items. It is a gateway--a first stop for Library of Congress researchers working in the field of American women's history. More...

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Adventure of the American Mind offers educators innovative strategies and tools to bring primary sources into the classroom.

Since 1999, we have trained more than 12,000 educators to use and produce high quality curriculum with digitized primary sources from the Library of Congress.

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"The wonderful thing about the Library of Congress and this class is that we (and our students) are given a chance to encounter, assimilate, and use that 'real thing,' those primary sources to give our students a better understanding of what actually happened."

Joe Scotese, Teacher - Loyola University AAM Participant

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