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Library of Congress Teacher Resource: Inquiry & Primary Sources Overview 2015 · Talk Using primary sources with inquiry empowers students to ask their own questions, construct their own understandings, draw conclusions, create new knowledge… Library of Congress Teacher Resource: PS 153 & New York Draft Riots Unit 2015 · Talk Three educators from PS 153 in New York City open share their teaching practices of using primary sources with their 4th graders. They developed a unit on the… Library of Congress Teacher Resource: Inquiry - Wonder 2015 · Talk Students will develop focus questions to guide their investigations while wondering during the inquiry process. Jacqueline Brathwait guides students in a… Library of Congress Teacher Resource: Inquiry - Investigate 2015 · Talk When investigating, students will evaluate information to answer questions and test hypotheses. Watch as Earnestine Sweeting has her students use the Library… Library of Congress Teacher Resource: Inquiry - Construct 2015 · Talk The most challenging part of any teaching practice is to have students construct knowledge. Teachers must guide students to organize and draw conclusions from… Library of Congress Teacher Resource: Inquiry - Reflect 2015 · Talk Inquiry is a cycle. Reflection is embedded throughout the inquiry process, but it is especially important at the end of a learning experience for students to… Library of Congress Teacher Resource: Inquiry - Connect 2015 · Talk Primary sources can be used during the initial phase of inquiry to open students' minds to the possibility of interpreting and questioning an information… Library of Congress 5 Under 35 Celebration Panel Discussion 2015 · Talk Colin Barrett, Angela Flournoy, Megan Kruse, Tracy O'Neill, and Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi participate in moderated discussion with Benjamin Samuel,… Library of Congress 5 Under 35 Celebration Readings 2015 · Talk Colin Barrett, Angela Flournoy, Megan Kruse, Tracy O'Neill, and Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi read selections from their work in this program honoring young… Library of Congress Dawn: A Journey to the Beginning of the Solar System 2015 · Talk Lucy McFadden discussed NASA's Dawn Mission, which seeks to unlock the mysteries of planetary formation. McFadden investigates comets, asteroids and… Library of Congress Contemporary Analog & Digital Color Photographic Prints: Processes, Practice & Accelerated Test Methods for Evaluation Print Permanance 2015 · Talk The 12 major current digital photographic print processes are discussed, including UV-curable printing and a new inkjet sublimation thermal dye transfer… Library of Congress Congressman John Lewis: "March II" 2015 · Talk Congressman John Lewis discussed his life and work in the Civil Rights movement with 6th and 7th grade students from the School Without Walls at Francis… Library of Congress Underdog Politics: Understanding the House Minority Party 2015 · Talk In his discussion of his new book, Matthew N. Green disputes the belief that the minority party in the U.S. House of Representatives is of little importance.… Library of Congress Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll 2015 · Talk Cultural historian and author Peter Guralnick spoke with art journalist Geoffrey Himes about his latest book, a biography of Sam Phillips, a pivotal figure in… Library of Congress Teens & Poetry for the 21st Century 2015 · Talk Poets Jennifer Chang and Mark McMorris read selections of "Please Excuse This Poem: 100 New Poets for the Next Generation" along with co-editor Lynn Melnick… Library of Congress Heaven & Earth: Church Education & Monastic Culture in Ethiopia 2015 · Talk Filmmaker Mackonen Michael discussed his documentary, "Heaven & Earth" covering a millennium of Ethiopian monastic culture and ecclesiastical education.… Library of Congress The Depth of the Challenge: Why Force Alone Will Not Defeat Islamist Extremism 2015 · Talk Tony Blair delivered the 7th Kissinger Lecture at the Library in the John W. Kluge Center. Blair spoke on the strategies to defeat Islamist extremism. The… Library of Congress Target in the Night 2015 · Talk Sergio Waisman discussed his translation of Ricardo Piglia's latest novel, "Target in the Night" (Blanco nocturno) with professors Gwen Kirkpatrick and Laura… Library of Congress Rachel Zucker on Poetry 2015 · Talk As part of the ongoing Bagley Wright Lecture Series, poet and memoirist Rachel Zucker gave a lecture on poetry. Library of Congress Star Wars Readers Theater 2015 · Talk In the Library's Young Readers Center, authors Tony Diterlizzi, Alexandra Bracken, Adam Gidwitz and Tom Angleberger wrote and presented an original script in… Library of Congress Perspectives on Islamic Law Reform 2015 · Talk In recognition of Human Rights Day, a panel of distinguished Islamic scholars discussed Islamic law reform. Library of Congress Revolutions Without Borders: The Call to Liberty in the Atlantic World 2015 · Talk According to author Janet Polasky, "Nation-based histories cannot do justice to the rowdy, radical interchange of ideas around the Atlantic world during the… Library of Congress Fritz Kreisler Violin & Piano Version of the Sibelius Violin Concerto 2015 · Talk Violinist Jani Lehtonen and pianist Jani Aarrevaara explore the mystery of Fritz Kreisler's rare violin and piano arrangement for the Sibelius Violin Concerto… Library of Congress A Bullet in the Chamber: The Politics of Catastrophe & the Declaration of World War I 2015 · Talk As members of Congress gathered in April 1917 to decide whether to declare war on Germany, some legislators arrived with battle scars. For Civil War veterans,… Library of Congress Louis & Lil: A Couple Making Musical History 2015 · Talk Library of Congress Jazz Scholar Dan Morgenstern lectures on Louis Armstrong and his second wife, Lil Hardin Armstrong. The couple met in King Oliver's band… Library of Congress Estados Unidos Hispano 2015 · Talk Luis Alberto Ambroggio's book, "Estados Unidos Hispano" is a celebration of the Hispanic population and its contributions to the United States, written with… Library of Congress Eric Ruske, Jennifer Frautschi & Gloria Chien in Concert 2015 · Talk Acclaimed horn player Eric Ruske was joined by violinist Jennifer Frautschi and pianist Gloria Chien for a performance of horn trios by Ligeti and Brahms, as… Library of Congress Global Refugees: The Case of Jews & Greeks in 20th Century Czechoslovakia 2015 · Talk Michal Frankl discussed Czechoslovakia's pre-WWII refugees (centered around 1938), the story of sealed borders, anti-Semitic refugee policies, and anti-Jewish… Library of Congress The Last Mission: The Legacy of a Lost World War II Bomber Crew 2015 · Talk Journalist and author Gregg Jones reconstructed the lives and times of ten airmen aboard U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator 41-23711, Jerk's Natural, which… Library of Congress Preservación del Patrimonio Nacional en La Biblioteca del Congreso 2015 · Talk Después de una introducción a la Biblioteca del Congreso, y una visita a su laboratorio de conservación, los conservadores de la Biblioteca demuestran los… Library of Congress Society of Woman Geographers Conference (Morning session) 2015 · Talk This conference explores the role of women in the evolution of mapping and use of maps by women both in the past and today through a series of illustrated… Library of Congress Society of Woman Geographers Conference (Afternoon Session) 2015 · Talk This conference explores the role of women in the evolution of mapping and use of maps by women both in the past and today through a series of illustrated… Library of Congress International Literature: Jenny Erpenbeck 2015 · Talk German novelist Jenny Erpenbeck reads from her work and participates in a moderated discussion with David Morris, German area specialist in the Library's… Library of Congress The Making of a King: King Peggy 2015 · Talk Peggielene Bartels, also known as King Peggy, spoke about how she became King of Otuam, a small fishing village on the coast of Ghana. Library of Congress The Woman Who Read Too Much 2015 · Talk Bahiyyih Nakhjavani speaks about her novel, "The Woman Who Read Too Much." Set in the world of the Qajar monarchs, mayors, ministers and mullahs, this book… Library of Congress The Indians' Capital City: Native Histories of Washington DC 2015 · Talk Kluge Fellow Joseph Genetin-Pilawa presents part of his larger study of the Indigenous histories of Washington, D.C. Genetin-Pilawa argues that far from the… Library of Congress Friendly Gut Microbes 2015 · Talk Giorgio Trinchieri spoke about the effect of microbiotics on health and disease. Library of Congress The Naqab Bedouin & Colonialism: New Perspectives 2015 · Talk Mansour Nasasra and Sophie Richter-Devroe discussed their book, describing the historic isolation of Naqab Bedouin studies from the rest of Palestine studies… Library of Congress Magna Carta from Runnymede to Washington: Old Laws, New Discoveries 2015 · Talk In his lecture, Nicholas Vincent explained Magna Carta's connection to Washington, D.C., a story that contains many strange twists and turns. He will also… Library of Congress Bobbitt Prize Reading: Patricia Smith 2015 · Talk Patricia Smith, winner of the 13th Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, reads selections from her poetry collection, "Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah." Library of Congress History of the National Cherry Blossom Trees 2015 · Talk Bob Vogel talks about the 1912 gift of cherry trees, a symbol of friendship between the city of Tokyo, Japan and Washington, D.C. He also discusses the… Library of Congress Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination 2015 · Talk Author Thomas A. Bogar discusses the results of his research that led to his latest book, "Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination." Library of Congress New Ideas of Music Ownership & the Musical Life of the Kïsêdjê 2015 · Talk The introduction of ideas taken from international intellectual property regimes to communities of indigenous peoples can lead to serious repercussions. This… Library of Congress The History of the Acts of St. John the Evangelist 2015 · Talk An exquisitely illuminated manuscript of the Life of St. John the Evangelist was bequeathed to the Library as part of the papers of the stage and film… Library of Congress Latinos & Libraries 2015 · Talk Mark Hugo López and Anna Brown presented their findings from a national survey on the Hispanic population of the U.S. and its use of public libraries. Library of Congress Shedding Light on Antiquity: The Forensic Imaging and Study of Ancient, Medieval and Modern Manuscripts 2015 · Talk A lecture by Michael Toth on the forensic imaging and study of ancient, medieval and modern manuscripts, followed by a roundtable discussion. Library of Congress Our Lady of Charity: The Heart of the Cuban People 2015 · Talk Emilio Cueto spoke about his latest book "La virgen de la Caridad del Cobre: en el alma del pueblo cubano" ("Our Lady of Charity: The Heart of the Cuban… Library of Congress Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 2015 · Talk Under the auspices of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Daniel Hope, Paul Neubauer, David Finckel and Wu Han perform Mahler's Piano Quartet in A…