Part 3 of 4 Change as Demonstrated Through Popular Culture How can teachers demonstrate changes in America using popular culture from the 1950s and 1960s (movies, television, art)? This webinar will provide suggestions on how to source material for classroom use.

Webinar Series: Part 2 of 4 A "case study” in the importance of music to many social movements in American history. Songs of the labor movement, the civil rights movement and the women’s movement will be featured; we will also be listening to songs that oppose social change. In all of the webinars we will continue to explore effective strategies that teachers can use when including music in classroom lessons.  

Explore what the Library of Congress has for teachers, including primary source sets and lesson plans for teaching with primary sources, and professional development opportunities. Take a quick tour of ways to connect with experts from the Library and tap into the Library’s vast collections to find even more resources for your classroom. Find out why one Summer Institute participant described the Library as having “layer upon layer of awesome.”

Webinar Series Part 3 of 4 A “case study” analyzing themes that have been found in American popular music made during wartime. We will study songs created during the Civil War, the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and recent wars in the Middle East to identify common themes; we will also see that popular music has taken on different roles during certain American wars.  

Webinar Series Part 1 of 4 Explore strategies to effectively use music in the social studies classroom. Our first “case study” will be to use music of various forms to analyze the Great Depression: we will see how jazz, popular music, classical music, country music, the blues, and folk music can all be used as we teach that period. 

Part 2 of 4 Social and Political Movements of the 1950s and 1960s What were the significant social and political changes that altered America in the 1950s and 1960s? How do these historical events create a climate that produces a cultural event as significant as Woodstock?

Part 4 of 4 Change in Music in the Sixties: New Material Was music in this era an agent of social change or simply a reflection of society as-is? Is Woodstock a "retirement party" for the values of the 1960s.

The Library of Congress is continually adding new content, features, and expertise to its website, loc.gov. In this session, learn about new ways to connect with and explore the newest online collections and resources, and much more. Highlights include the Library’s Teachers site (loc.gov/teachers), A Century of Lawmaking (new and improved!), the World Digital Library, and favorite shortcuts, such as Free to Use and Reuse sets.

The Ken Burns Classroom Collection on PBS LearningMedia offers hundreds of standards-aligned classroom lessons based on films by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and their collaborators, including The Civil War, The Roosevelts, The West, The Vietnam War, and many more. This webinar will showcase inquiry-based strategies for integrating documentary film clips and primary sources into instruction. You will hear from experienced educators who have developed lesson materials for the collection and implemented the lessons in their classrooms. Participants will emerge inspired with new ideas for how to…

How can educators ensure immigrant-origin students feel safe, supported, and valued, with the chance to put down roots and build new futures—so they can become full participants in their new home? Learn with award-winning teacher and author Jessica Lander about historic laws, cases, and movements that transformed immigrant education, explore innovative and creative approaches in classrooms and districts across the country today working with immigrant-origin students, and listen to the inspiring stories and voices of young immigrant students. Trace with Lander the threads that connect the past…