CommonLit
Common Lit: The History of the Cylinder Phonograph
A learning module that begins with "The History of the Cylinder Phonograph" by The Library of Congress, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
University of California
Bancroft Library: Anti Chinese Movement and Chinese Exclusion
Describes the discrimination, racism, and exclusion that the Chinese experienced from their arrival in the United States during the Gold Rush. Anti-Chinese legislation was also a factor in their experience. Links to primary resources at...
Library of Congress
Loc: Catalog
Use this catalog to find information about many books, both in print and out of print. If you are fortunate to live nearby, this can give you the location of the volume in the Library itself.
Library of Congress
Loc: Law: War Powers
Find the reasoning behind the War Powers Act, passed over President Nixon's veto in 1973. Presidential actions taken during the Vietnam War were the impetus for Congress to make a declaration of war more codified. See the times...
Library of Congress
Loc: Policies and Problems of the Confederation Government
This teacher resource includes imagesand historical documents, alllowing readers to trace the creation of our government from the Continental Congress through the Articles of Confederation. An overview helps to clarify the policies and...
Library of Congress
Loc: Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: The Making of the u.s. Constitution
The introduction to the first volume of the Annals of Congress, in which there is a short history of the creation of the Constitution, and the text of the Constitution as it was first written.
Library of Congress
Loc: Nls for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
The National Library Service provides a free program to provide braille and audio materials to those who need them. There is a national system of participating libraries.
Library of Congress
Loc: Creating French Culture
Trace the relationship between power and culture using artwork in the collection of France's national library, the Bibliotheque nationale de France. The collection spans a lengthy history, from the reign of Charlemagne (eighth century)...
Library of Congress
Loc: How to Find a Novel,etc. Without Knowing Its Title or Author
Use this guide to help identify a literary work when they know only its plot or subject, or other textual information such as a character's name, a line of poetry, or a unique word or phrase. Trusted databases, library catalogs, and more...
Library of Congress
Loc: Line Item Veto
Library of Congress' database listing for the Line Item Veto Act (1996). Includes the mechanics of how it would work, the history of the Act, and its eventual striking down by Supreme Court's decision. Very brief.
Library of Congress
Loc: Librarians of Congress
This page from the Library of Congress provides a brief discussion of Archibald MacLeish's appointment as Librarian of Congress. Scroll down through the discussions of other librarians to get to MacLeish.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: The Line of June 4, 1967
Discusses the history of the demarcation lines between Israel and Syria--lines which in part caused the June War.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Un Partition Plan, September 1947
This authentic UN map depicts the political lines to be drawn to partition Palestine as established in 1947.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Israeli Population Statistics Table
A table sorting population demographics by religion, age, and urban centers.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: The Partition Plan
The background for creating a plan to partition Palestine, as well as the details of the plan itself and its effects are discussed.
Library of Congress
Loc: "O Captain! My Captain!"
This site from the Library of Congress provides comments on a poem written by Walt Whitman at the death of Abraham Lincoln. Image of the manuscript available at this Library of Congress site.
Library of Congress
Loc: B. B. French's Diary
This site is provided for by the Library of Congress. Benjamin Brown French, politician and Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, kept a diary. The Library of Congress has digitalized for display the December 25, 1851, entry...
Library of Congress
Loc: Early Cooperation: Economic Cooperation
This resource from the Library of Congress details the early economic cooperative arrangements between the former Soviet Union and the United States. The site links to other information regarding this topic.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Richard Rodgers Collection
This site is provided for by the Library of Congress. Below the long list of Rodgers' works you'll find an extensive timeline of his life and composition history.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Young Republic
This site is provided for by the Library of Congress. Painter and printer John Rubens Smith sketched rivers, roads, cities, bridges, and mills throughout America between the years 1810 and 1840. Digital images of his art are provided...
Library of Congress
Loc: Miranda Rights
This site from the Library of Congress contains the original handwritten notes of Chief Justice Earl Warren on Miranda v. Arizona. A note written by Justice William E. Brennan offering suggested changes to Warren's ideas is also available.
Library of Congress
Loc: Romanticism in Dresden
This site from the Library of Congress provides an exerpt regarding the Romantic movement in Germany. The information that is presented is medium in length and worth checking out on the subject.
Library of Congress
Loc: American Treasures: "Mr. Watson Come Here!"
The American Library of Congress has Alexander Graham Bell's lab notebook in which he tells the story of the first successful telephone exchange.
Library of Congress
Loc: Manuel Rojas
This site, which is provided for by the Library of Congress, includes a brief synopsis of Rojas during his war years. The information, while short, is factual and worth checking out on the subject.