Answer Sheet for SST309 Students

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Answer Sheet for LOC Activities

Activity Number (Do the Preparation
Insert work electronically on this side:
activity, then choose 5 of the numbered
activities. Do the Evaluation and the
Reflection.)
Preparation Education Extras (all
Early Elementary Walking with Ruby
Bridges
SST309 students will complete this one)
(4 titles see right)
Michigan Underground Railroad in
Michigan and the Great Lakes Region
5th grade The Stamp Act: Cause and
Effect
Intermediate The Conquest of Mexico
(Early America to 1630)
Activity One

Activity Two

Activity Three

The At Valley Forge speech was about

giving tribute to those who fought at Valley
Forge. This was the turning point and
realization that the country was growing
and changing. It would be important for 8th
graders to listen to the speech because it
tells the speech in a different meaning then
when you read it yourself.
The importance of Valley Forge is that the
American army became stronger and better
due to Washington staying with his men on
those cold nights by earning respect for his
army.
The Battle of Saratoga was known for the
turning point of the American
Revolutionary War. The success at
Saratoga gave France the confidence in
American to enter the war as an American
ally.
Life in the colonial American seemed very
violent at most times. Throughout the
pictures I saw that the Pilgrims were
greeted by a Native American man and that
the Americans were being friendly. The

settlers were shown entering New England

and also there were many conflicts that
ended in madness.
Activity Four
Activity Five

Activity Six
Activity Seven

Activity Eight: Titles of the work on the

left side, pictures on the right.
Flag of U.S.:
Statue of Liberty:
Bald Eagle:
Uncle Sam:
White House:
Activity Nine:
Evaluation Choice: A or B

On my special day, March 15th Maine

became the twenty-third state in the Union
in 1820. The Devils Pulpit, Bald Head
Cliff, York, Maine is a picture shown.
On March 16, 1802, Congress approved
legislation establishing the United States
Military Academy at West Point, one of the
oldest military service academies in the
world. The pictures of Looking up the
Hudson, West Point and The Academic
Building are shown. On March 16, 1751,
James Madison, "Father of the
Constitution" and fourth president of the
United States was born. A miniature
portrait of James Madison is shown.
There are eleven African-American History
books for teens under the categories of: The
African-American Experience, Slavery, and
Frederick Douglass

Activity: Connected to 8 U5.1.1 Explain

the differences in the lives of free blacks
(including those who escaped from slavery)
with the lives of free whites and enslaved
peoples.
From the www.loc.gov home page,
under topics, click on American
History. Under the Civil War and
Reconstruction click on the
Explore More Civil War and
Reconstruction Topics link. Once
on this page, scroll down to find
Slavery and Abolition explore the
difference categories about slavery.

Pick on that was interested to you

and write two-three sentences about
what you read.
Answer: (Answers will vary) I choose the
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the
Federal Writers' Project, 1936-193. It
contains more than 2,300 first-person
accounts of slavery and 500 black-andwhite photographs of former slaves. They
were collected to be as part of the Federal
Writers Project.
Reflection
1. What is the most valuable take-away you have gained by learning about the resources at the
Library of Congress?
The most valuable take-away is learning about the abundance of resources at the Library
of Congress. I was unaware of how much this website provides for us as students and as future
teachers. I hope to explore this website even more, therefore my students will be able to become
experienced with it as well and learn everything and more about social studies.
2. What is the value of studying history using primary source documents?
The value of studying history using primary source documents is for the students to
become engaged by listening or interacting with an event from the past. This allows students to
become familiar with many different topics in a different way. The students can explore what
they please to see or hear within a certain topic which lets students to have some free range of
what they want to learn.