Language Arts Resources for Teachers & Students from Government Sources

Classroom Materials created by teachers for teachers, these ready-to-use materials provide easy ways to incorporate the Library’s unparalleled primary sources into instruction.

The Library of Congress Harlem Renaissance page includes primary source documents and images, teaching materials, and more.

Lesson Plans: Teacher-created, classroom-tested lesson plans using primary sources from the Library of Congress.

The Library of Congress Poetry & Literature page includes information on current and past Poets Laureate, interviews with writers, and more.

Presentations and Activities look across the American Memory collections to investigate curricular themes. They include historical background, helping to tell the story behind the theme.

Primary Sources are the raw materials of history — original documents and objects which were created at the time under study.

The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress invites people of all ages to discover the fascinating people, places and events that await you whenever you read. Also includes sections: Books that Shaped America, Young Readers Center, Author Webcasts, Discover Great Places Through Reading, Booklists, and more! Teaching resources include: “The Grapes of Wrath: Scrapbooks and Artifacts”, and “The Great Gatsby: Primary Resources”, among other resources.

It is published six times per year, with one cover article each year dedicated to profiling that year's Jefferson Lecturer. Most of its articles have some connection to NEH activities.

It is published six times per year, with one cover article each year dedicated to profiling that year's Jefferson Lecturer. Most of its articles have some connection to NEH activities.

For over 100 years, science fiction stories and films have stimulated the imaginations of many scientists in the forefront of discovery, encouraged young people to choose the sciences as a career, and shaped our visions and expectations of future space travel. Among all of these science-fiction tales, the Star Wars film trilogy has proven to be a very special inspiration. Star Wars is especially memorable because its story of spacefaring pilots and their daring escapades is based on an ancient form of mythology--the "hero's journey." Underneath the flash and dazzle of special effects is the magic of myth, a shape-shifting realm where heroes, monsters, wizards, and magic talismans dwell in labyrinths of discovery. This exhibition examines the mythology beneath the Star Wars story, a hero's journey that takes place "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far, away...."

Ernest Hemingway Collection at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum includes more than 100 manuscript items, over 10,000 photographs, hand-written drafts, and personal letters.

Resources on National History Day, STEM Education, Field Trips, Lesson Plans, Girl Scouts, and the Rose Wilder Lane and Laura Ingalls Wilder collections.