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Using the Library of Congress Web site to Enhance Student Learning
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, Niagara University, United States ; , , Nichols School, United States

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, in Washington, DC, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-54-9 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), San Diego, CA

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Abstract

The Library of Congress has developed a comprehensive web site that has digitized historical documents from the Library's collections and made them available online to anyone. The American Memory Collections is one feature that helps educators use the over seven million digitized primary source documents in the classroom. But, along with this the Library of Congress web site provides many other features that are relevant for classroom use, and is especially focused on engaging learners in historical experiences. Utilizing the multilingual documents, country studies, biographies, teaching tools, document analysis tools, Thomas legislation information, developmentally appropriate instructional activities on the web site can make history real enhancing student interest and knowledge in historical events. This paper will survey these features of the Library of Congress web site as well as discuss ways in which teachers can incorporate these instructional tools into their classroom.

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Dutt-Doner, K., Allen, S. & Rech-Rockwell, M. (2004). Using the Library of Congress Web site to Enhance Student Learning. In J. Nall & R. Robson (Eds.), Proceedings of E-Learn 2004--World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (pp. 579-584). Washington, DC, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved September 1, 2024 from .

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