For Secondary Students

For Kids and Families at the Library of Congress or view links from the Library of Congress organized on this page by subject area.

Today's News from the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room

Present Day

	Name	Description	Grade Level
	Places in the News	Links to information in the Library related to current news stories	all
	Today in History	Descriptions of, with links to, things that happened in history on today's date	all

Analysis ↑

	Name	Description
	Eye Spy Inauguration	Given items to find on an 1780 map, click on the items.
	Zoom Into Maps	Tools for analyzing maps including various "zoomable" maps from multiple time periods.
	Image Detective	Activity to help students investigate and analyze images.
	Finding an Answer in a Document	Given questions, follow links to examine documents in order to find the answer.
	History Detective	Was Billy the Kidd really killed by Pat Garrett? Answer the question by following the links and suggestions to search through the library.
	Making Sense of Photos	Guides to interpreting photographs.
	Mind Walk Activity	Analysis of the historical records, including looking at limitations. Sample primary sources focus on slavery in the United States.
	Making Sense of Maps	Guides to map making and reading.
	Understanding your topic?	Tutorial to analyze a research topic and select and evaluate relevant sources.
	To Market, To Market	Lesson plan for analysis of visual sources related to the impact transportation has had this century and the last.
	Historical Scene Investigation	Historical Scene Investigation Activities

Science ↑

	Name	Description
	Science Tracer Bullets	Search engine to help locate items relating to science and technology.
	Nature's Fury	Collections of photos, accounts and music associated with famous natural disasters
	Links for Science Fair Projects	Links to selected pages outside of the Library dedicated to science fair projects.
	Everyday Mysteries	Answers to common "everyday" questions covering a range of topics.
	What in the World Is That?	Learn about inventions through a game and/or reading about the inventions.
	What is It?	Links to inventions/innovations with questions for further research.
	Saving Our National Treasures	Interactive examination of the damage over time to the Declaration of Independence.
	Science and Innovation Treasure Hunt	Questions to answer by following links to primary sources.
	Science Experiment: What is this most effective method for preserving the paper of the National Treasures?	Lesson plan for an activity to examine different preservation techniques.

Geography ↑

	Name	Description
	Zoom Into Maps	Tools for analyzing maps including various "zoomable" maps from multiple time periods.
	What Can Maps Tell Us?	LibraryQuest for 8th grade geography.
	Map Collections 1500-2004	Links to maps that are "zoomable".
	Making Sense of Maps	Guides to map making and reading.

Math ↑

	Name	Description	Grade Level
	Eye Spy Math	Lesson plan with a powerpoint activity where students identify math objects through pictures.	all
	Math Jeopardy	Powerpoint game where students practice order of operations.	all

Learning the Library of Congress Site ↑

	Name	Description
	Meet the Curator	Read an interview with a curator for Prints & Photographs.
	Did you know?	Discover facts and take a brief tour of the library.
	Getting Know the Library of Congress	Group Investigations of the Decades in Twentieth Century U. S. History as a means of browsing the Library.
	Thomas Scavenger Hunt	Questions, with hints on where to find the answers, about THOMAS - the legislative division of the Library Of Congress.

Arts ↑

	Name	Description
	You're the Animator	Make your own animation movie by choosing frames then playing. Links to more information about animation.
	Earth as Art	View satellite photography of places all over the world.
	I Hear America Singing	Read, search lyrics and/or hear songs.
	Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America	View negatives, transparencies and prints of architectural subjects.
	Immigration Vocabulary Activities	Multiple games to show the influence of immigration in music, language and geography.

P.E./Health ↑

	Name	Description
	Batter Up	Play a game of baseball by answering questions about baseball correctly.
	Rounding the Bases	Activities to explore race and ethnicity in the U.S. from 1860 - 1960.

Explore ↑

	Name	Description
	Search the American Memory	Search only the American Memory collections.
	Portals to the World	Search international collections both inside and outside the Library.
	Prints and Photographs	Search only prints and photos at the Library.