Themed Resources
- Library of Congress Online Resources for Educators (pdf)
- Abraham Lincoln
- Art of War:
WWI and WWII Posters - Cartoon Analysis
- Childhood Lost:Child Labor During Industrial Revolution
- Coles County: Taught with Primary Sources
- Corp of Discovery:
Revealing the American West - Teaching the Holocaust with Primary Sources
- Illinois: Taught with Primary Sources
- Presidential Campaigns: Packaging the Presidents
- Underground Railroad:
A Path to Freedom - Verse and Chorus
- WWII
- Top Topics
Special Projects
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Tools
- Classroom Activities
- Constant Motion:
The Job of Railway Post Office Clerks - Constitution Day
- Library of Congress Site Update "Cheat Sheet" (pdf)
- Lincoln Assassination CSI Activity
- Patriotic Songs
Professional Development
- Update-Summer Institute
- TPS EIU Jump-Start
- TPS in Action
(onsite workshop series) - Customized Teaching with Primary Sources Institutes
Additional LInks
- EIUTPS Google Search Tool
- National TPS Site
- Library of Congress
- loc.gov Teacher PageAbraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
EIU Teaching with Primary Sources
Mr. G. Waldman
Name: Gene Waldman
Hometown: DuBois, Illinois
Years of Service: 32 years
Lines Worked: Chicago to St. Louis
Assignment after Mail Train: Carbondale Post Office, Carbondale, Illinois
In his own words...
"Each time I went out I traveled 1800 miles by rail before I got back home."
Mr. Waldman on details about working as an RPO clerk.
Primary Sources
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| Union booklet 66-68 |
Pouch Diagram |
Zip Codes & Route Notes |
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| Certificate of Membership Retirement |
Mail Bag from 1949 |
Missouri Study Map |
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| Train Passenger Menu |
Illinois Study Map |
