This is an archive of the account for the Center for Legislative Archives, maintained by the @usnatarchives.
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#DidYouKnow? For two years, Thanksgiving was celebrated and recognized across two days. 🦃Find out why at @USNatArchives: archives.gov/legislative/fea…
ALT Senate Amendment for HJ RES 41
ALT Joint resolution document for H.J. RES. 41
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"Confidential" was crossed out during the declassification process, which may have happened before or after it entered @USNatArchives. We have lots of documents with stamps like "Top Secret" that can get kids interested in history! ow.ly/Cjfy50ze1Ih #TeachingTuesdays
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When you search for activities on DocsTeach (docsteach.org/activities), you'll land on the teacher page with instructions. Click the “Start Activity” button to launch the interactive student activity. Copy and share that URL with your students to complete.
#homeschool #sschat
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From cartoons to petitions, the Center for Legislative Archives is full of great resources for teachers and researchers!⚡️ “#ArchivesChat with @CongressArchive”
teapawt.net/i/moments/124830879070… #ICYMI #Ushistory #primarysources
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Today we’re talking with Charlie Flanagan and Natalie Rocchio about the educational outreach program at @CongressArchive (Center for Legislative Archives at @usnatachives)
Questions about teaching with legislative records? Need online resources? Ask us!
Let's #ArchivesChat!
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Join @USNatArchives and @CongressArchive at 2 pm ET on Thursday, April 9, for an #ArchivesChat!
We'll talk about the Center for Legislative Archives. What is it? What documents does it have? Can it help you teach history?
Find out tomorrow!
#primarysources #ArchivesAtHome
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Mark your calendars for this new mini-webinar series for parents and educators from our education specialists at @DocsTeach!
#TeachingTuesdays #Homeschool #ArchivesAtHome
Join us Wednesdays at 2pm ET for a new mini-webinar series! Begins April 15!
Open to teachers & parents of students in all grades. 20-minute sessions will cover finding & sharing activities & #primarysources, assigning & viewing student work, and more.
docsteach.org/resources/prof…
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All Dressed Up and Nowhere To Go, 100 years ago #OTD catalog.archives.gov/id/6011…
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Before we get started with #ArchivesPenPals, we wanted to take a minute to acknowledge the work of all the people who keep delivering mail, groceries, and other supplies to families and businesses during the #COVID19 pandemic.
Thank you.
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New on the Blog! We’re celebrating Congress Week, held Apr. 1–7 to commemorate the week in 1789 when Congress achieved its 1st quorum, by showing how #Senate historians used the records of #Congress to tell the story of the Nineteenth Amendment bit.ly/2Jx3KGD
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Our @USNatArchives staff donated surplus N-95 masks, rubber gloves, and gowns to help fight #COVID19. Thank you to everyone working to keep us safe!
Full story go.usa.gov/xvC6m
📸DC Emergency Management Response Team picks up the donation.
#museumsthankhealthheroes
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Shirley Chisholm was the first African American woman to serve in Congress. Her rise to office was propelled by her campaign slogan: “Fighting Shirley Chisholm—Unbought and Unbossed.”
More about her story: go.usa.gov/xvqdE
#WomensHistoryMonth #unbossed #HiddenHerstory
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Join us for our #ArchivesHashtagParty on Friday, April 3. Our theme is #ArchivesPenPals.
Share your favorite letters, love notes, stories of friendship, telegrams, postcards, and anything else that shows how the written word can connect us.
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#TeachingTuesday today at 1 pm ET with @USNatArchives!
We're kicking off #TeachingTuesday today! Join us at 1 pm ET at @USNatArchives as we share #free educational activities, expertise educator insight, and more.
Each week we'll share resources for all grade levels, esp for grades K-5.
#educators #teachers #ArchivesAtHome
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Join @USNatArchives & Presidential Libraries online for interactive learning programs! Available weekly for preschool through 12th grade, in partnership with @Internet2's Presidential Primary Sources Project – register and learn more at go.usa.gov/xvxHW
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The @USNatArchives in partnership with @WomensVote100 is providing 2,500 free popup displays to cultural institutions.
Interested in a #RightfullyHers display? Sign up here: bit.ly/3dqlW25 or email [email protected]
More details here: museum.archives.gov/rightful…
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Starting at the close of business, Friday, March 13, all National Archives research rooms and museums will be CLOSED to the public until further notice. (1/5)
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Happy #AskAnArchivist Day! We can't wait to hear from you--our staff across the country will be answering your #archives questions throughout the day. Schedule and topics: go.usa.gov/xVGz2
#archivesmonth
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#7 on our list of most-used teaching activities is "The Legislative Process: Congress at Work" by @CongressArchive. Students analyze #primarysources from the House and Senate to understand how a bill becomes a law.
docsteach.org/activities/tea…
#backtoschool
