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The Library of Congress is the world's largest library and the largest body of knowledge under a single roof. Whether you're onsite, at home, in a classroom or elsewhere, this app will give you a virtual tour that mirrors the Library of Congress Experience, an award-winning group of exhibitions and features that has drawn record numbers of visitors.

In 2008, the Library of Congress began offering historical photograph collections through Flickr in order to share some of our most popular images with a new visual community. Now, the Library of Congress has expanded its Flickr collections to include illustrated and visual content from historic American newspapers available in its online collections.

Library Of Congress Unveils Massive Common Core Resource Center http://t.co/jPGSAm8s

Site of the Dirksen Center - history of congresses from 73rd on; documents, photos, key legislation passed, etc.

The extensive collections at the Library of Congress contain historic artifacts and cultural materials from across the U.S. The list below is just a sample of the many Pennsylvania resources available for free on the Library's Web site.

"You now can access lots of free audio and video from the Library of Congress on iTunes U. There's a lot of great material suitable for a history class, such as early films made by Edison himself (or his company, at least). There are also fascinating oral histories from actual slaves in the Voices from the Days of Slavery collection. For a look at how people entertained themselves before TV, radio and the interweb came to be, you can look at early American animation, and even olde timey Vaudeville performances."

Find Library of Congress lesson plans and more that meet Common Core standards, state content standards, and the standards of national organizations.

Welcome to Chronicling America, enhancing access to America's historic newspapers. This site allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1860-1922 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

"Help students analyze primary sources they see, hear or read using holiday themed resources from The Library of Congress. "

"Beyond the Bubble unlocks the vast digital archive of the Library of Congress to create a new generation of history assessments. Developed by the Stanford History Education Group (http://sheg.stanford.edu), Beyond the Bubble is the cornerstone of SHEG's membership in the Library of Congress's Teaching with Primary Sources Educational Consortium. We "go beyond the bubble" by offering easy-to-use assessments that capture students' knowledge in action - rather than their recall of discrete facts."

America's Story from America's Library from Teaching with the Library of Congress

Our mission is to honor and celebrate one another's lives through listening. Since 2003, over 50,000 people have shared life stories with family and friends through StoryCorps. Each conversation is recorded on a free CD to share, and is preserved at the Library of Congress. StoryCorps is one of the largest oral history projects of its kind, and millions listen to our broadcasts on public radio and the web.

This Web site is brought to you from the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the largest library in the world and the nation's library. Research information about the story of our country.

This site has free computer games to put a fun spinon learning about government. This site is an expanded version of an earlier site called OurCourts.org. Games on icivics include "Do I Have a Right", in which the player runs a virtual firm specializing in constitutional law; "Executive Command," which offers a chance to play president; "Supreme Decision," about the Supreme Court; "Branches of Power," which gives the player control of all three brances of government; and "Law Craft," in which the player is a member of Congress. The Icivics program is based on Georgetown University Law School. The online role-playing games on Icivis are free, teacher-friendly, and effective--and it has been found that kids like them so much that they play them at home.

"Footnote helps you find and share historic documents. We are able to bring you many never-before-seen historic documents through our unique partnerships with The National Archives, the Library of Congress and other institutions."

"Study the effects of the Great Depression and World War II on specific groups such as African Americans, women and children by studying images, maps, documents and life histories. Trace the history of labor unions. Access photographs taken by Works Progress Administration photographers and read expert commentary on Dorothea Lange's famous "Migrant Mother" picture."

Joyce Valenza and her students created a theme song for primary sources and the LOC. Lyrics are included!