Welcome!
Your visit to this page will teach you how to use a database from the Library of Congress web site. The title of the site is America's Story. It is an interesting site, filled with fun facts about the places, times, and some amazing people from America's past. You can learn lots of information from the primary sources available on each page. The web address for America's Story is listed at the end of this guide.
(The yellow words are vocabulary words. By clicking on the word, you will be able to read the definition of the word. To return to this page, click the back arrow.)
Let's begin by taking a closer look at the special features of the site.
Your visit to this page will teach you how to use a database from the Library of Congress web site. The title of the site is America's Story. It is an interesting site, filled with fun facts about the places, times, and some amazing people from America's past. You can learn lots of information from the primary sources available on each page. The web address for America's Story is listed at the end of this guide.
(The yellow words are vocabulary words. By clicking on the word, you will be able to read the definition of the word. To return to this page, click the back arrow.)
Let's begin by taking a closer look at the special features of the site.
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This is the home page for America's Story. On the left side of the graphic you see buttons with pictures followed by titles. These are the different sections you can study at this site. Read on to learn about each of these sections.
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On the right side of the section buttons and titles, you will see animated icons. These links offer just a sample of what you can learn about in America's Story.
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Let's check out "Meet Amazing Americans" and choose the subcategory U.S. Presidents from the menu on the left side.
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Now you can read the featured article about George Washington.
If you click on his picture, or the magnifying glass with the + sign on it, the picture will be enlarged. Additional stories can be read by clicking on the small pictures, or underlined words, on the right side of the graphic. You can also click on the "More Stories" arrow, or scroll down the page, to find even more stories about your topic. |
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Here are a few more helpful tips for understanding the buttons of America's Story.
Here are a few more helpful tips for understanding the buttons of America's Story.
The round buttons at the top of each page are your navigation buttons. Clicking on any of them will take you to the home page of that section.
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Here is information about the tool bar found at the top of the page:
Home - takes you to America's Story home page.
About this Site - you can learn about the background of this site.
Help - contains tips to increase your learning enjoyment from this site.
Search - allows you to search other topics, however your request may take you out of the America's Story web site and into the main Library of Congress web site. (If this happens to you, just click on the "back arrow" to return to your current page.)
Library of Congress - will take you to the home page for the Library of Congress. You will leave America's Story. (click the "back arrow")
Home - takes you to America's Story home page.
About this Site - you can learn about the background of this site.
Help - contains tips to increase your learning enjoyment from this site.
Search - allows you to search other topics, however your request may take you out of the America's Story web site and into the main Library of Congress web site. (If this happens to you, just click on the "back arrow" to return to your current page.)
Library of Congress - will take you to the home page for the Library of Congress. You will leave America's Story. (click the "back arrow")
You will notice there is a tool bar at the bottom of the page too. The button that will be the most helpful to you is the "Site Map" button. Clicking on this button will take you to a list of all the topics found in America's Story.
The magnifying glass with the + sign on it will show you two things. The first thing you will notice is that the picture above it will be enlarged. You will also notice some writing. This writing is the "credit" for the picture or document. The credit tells you all about the original item; things such as a title, artist or author, the date, and where the picture or document can be found today.
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This guide was written to teach you how to use the America's Story web site from the Library of Congress. You should now be ready to investigate the different areas of this site and increase your knowledge about Americas' past and present. Have fun!
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Here is the web address: http://www.americaslibrary.gov/index.html
Return to Jefferson Elementary School Library: www.jeffersonelementarylibrary.weebly.com