johnsonmaryj
@johnsonmaryj.bsky.social
Manager of the Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Teachers Network for a Library of Congress grant since 2012 and a retired high school teacher & middle school librarian. Travel, art, languages, & reading fill my time, too.
The other half of my double life! Roger Hayden Johnson and I will be at the opening Sept. 26, 4-6pm, so if you happen to be in Santa Fe, come say hello! rogerhaydenjohnson.com
September 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The other half of my double life! Roger Hayden Johnson and I will be at the opening Sept. 26, 4-6pm, so if you happen to be in Santa Fe, come say hello! rogerhaydenjohnson.com
Here's the political cartoon. www.loc.gov/item/2012647...
![School Begins. Print shows Uncle Sam as a teacher, standing behind a desk in front of his new students who are labeled "Cuba, Porto [i.e. Puerto] Rico, Hawaii, [and] Philippines"; they do not look happy to be there. At the rear of the classroom are students holding books labeled "California, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, [and] Alaska". At the far left, an African American boy cleans the windows, and in the background, a Native boy sits by himself, reading an upside-down book labeled "ABC", and a Chinese boy stands just outside the door. A book on Uncle Sam's desk is titled "U.S. First Lessons in Self-Government". https://www.loc.gov/item/2012647459/](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5vngz3t4wq53jpwlarjgqwvn/bafkreicgpud3fgzvxs5lubbaowadbukya3kmmzjbqhiysjeiq7m3ijgala@jpeg)
August 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Here's the political cartoon. www.loc.gov/item/2012647...
Tired of the using the same old photos to teach about the Great Depression? Try this one from the Library of Congress! I recommend using the QFT strategy from @rightquestioninst.bsky.social to elicit student questions as an introduction to the topic. www.loc.gov/item/2014680...
August 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Tired of the using the same old photos to teach about the Great Depression? Try this one from the Library of Congress! I recommend using the QFT strategy from @rightquestioninst.bsky.social to elicit student questions as an introduction to the topic. www.loc.gov/item/2014680...
I think this is my favorite photo of the Statue of Liberty. www.loc.gov/item/97502750/ Perfect for a primary source zoom-in analysis activity. It arrived in New York Harbor on June 19, 1885 - 140 years ago. Read about it from newspapers of the day: guides.loc.gov/chronicling-... #sschat
June 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I think this is my favorite photo of the Statue of Liberty. www.loc.gov/item/97502750/ Perfect for a primary source zoom-in analysis activity. It arrived in New York Harbor on June 19, 1885 - 140 years ago. Read about it from newspapers of the day: guides.loc.gov/chronicling-... #sschat
Celebrate knowledge and scholarship or hold a $45,000,000 military parade? www.loc.gov/item/2011632...
June 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Celebrate knowledge and scholarship or hold a $45,000,000 military parade? www.loc.gov/item/2011632...
Here's a fun primary source to share with your music teacher colleagues. Speaking of that, we have a brand new group in the TPS Teachers Network called Teaching with Music, and this image is the beginning of a primary source analysis. Join at tpsteachersnetwork.org! #sschat #instrumentalmusic
April 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Here's a fun primary source to share with your music teacher colleagues. Speaking of that, we have a brand new group in the TPS Teachers Network called Teaching with Music, and this image is the beginning of a primary source analysis. Join at tpsteachersnetwork.org! #sschat #instrumentalmusic
Lee Ann Potter, Director of the Professional Learning & Outreach Initiatives Office at Library of Congress, is inspiring TPS Consortium members in St. Louis. With #primarysources from St. Louis, of course!
March 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Lee Ann Potter, Director of the Professional Learning & Outreach Initiatives Office at Library of Congress, is inspiring TPS Consortium members in St. Louis. With #primarysources from St. Louis, of course!
My primary source find at Library of Congress today is a research guide to French Children's books. La Bibliothèque des Enfants was a set of miniature books for children learning French in 1800 (scroll to bottom). guides.loc.gov/french-liter... #primarysources #childrenslit #frenchteachers #ELA
March 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
My primary source find at Library of Congress today is a research guide to French Children's books. La Bibliothèque des Enfants was a set of miniature books for children learning French in 1800 (scroll to bottom). guides.loc.gov/french-liter... #primarysources #childrenslit #frenchteachers #ELA
My pick of primary sources this week. McQuillen, you say? Enjoy reading the notes! Where is Spitzbergen? What does this man have to do with flutes? Plus, did you know the Library of Congress has a huge collection of actual flutes? #primarysources #sschat #musicchat
March 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
My pick of primary sources this week. McQuillen, you say? Enjoy reading the notes! Where is Spitzbergen? What does this man have to do with flutes? Plus, did you know the Library of Congress has a huge collection of actual flutes? #primarysources #sschat #musicchat
My favorite Library of Congress primary source today - Beekeeping instruction for injured soldiers. www.loc.gov/item/2016869... #sschat #WorldWarI
February 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
My favorite Library of Congress primary source today - Beekeeping instruction for injured soldiers. www.loc.gov/item/2016869... #sschat #WorldWarI
We love morning visits from our neighborhood family of 8 turkeys!
February 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
We love morning visits from our neighborhood family of 8 turkeys!
If you're planning to arrive for #NCSS in Boston by steamboat, this circa 1920 map of the harbor might be useful! #iteachsocialstudies www.loc.gov/item/2010589...
November 16, 2024 at 3:56 PM
If you're planning to arrive for #NCSS in Boston by steamboat, this circa 1920 map of the harbor might be useful! #iteachsocialstudies www.loc.gov/item/2010589...