About Us
Teaching Language and Literacy as an Act of Resistance (TLLAR) has been developed by a faculty team from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and is part of the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program.
The primary source collections freely available at loc.gov enable teachers to provide a mirror for students to examine how our present is rooted in our past and a window to envision our future.
TLLAR professional development provides knowledge of the past, practical teaching techniques for immediate use, and new understandings and curiosities that inspire future learning.
Highsmith, C. M., photographer. Window and surrounding art in the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. Washington D.C. United States, None. [Between 1980 and 2006] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2011633145/.
About the Teaching with Primary Sources Partner Program
Since 2006, the Library has awarded Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) grants to build a nationwide network of organizations that deliver educational programming, and create teaching materials and tools based on the Library’s digitized primary sources and other online resources. Each year members of this network, called the TPS Consortium, support tens of thousands of learners to build knowledge, engagement and critical thinking skills with items from the Library’s collections.
How Faculty from the Harvard Graduate School of Education Started Teaching with Primary Sources
About the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the world’s largest library, offering access to the creative record of the United States — and extensive materials from around the world — both on-site and online. It is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office. Explore collections, reference services and other programs and plan a visit at loc.gov; access the official site for U.S. federal legislative information at congress.gov; and register creative works of authorship at copyright.gov
Highsmith, C. M., photographer. (2009) Main Reading Room. View from above showing researcher desks. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. Washington D.C, 2009. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2011646836/.