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. Kesterson
Name: Ron Kesterson
Hometown: Altamont, Illinois
Years of Service: 6 years
Lines Worked: Chicago to Minneapolis, Chicago to Detroit, Chicago to Evansville and Chicago to Buffalo
Assignment after Mail Train: Decatur Post Office, Decatur, Illinois
Read and listen to Mr. Kesterson's interview with the National Postal Museum by clicking here.
In his own words...
"My main job was actually to get the mail in, sort it and get as much of it worked as you could and get it dispatched to the proper train or town that you had to go through."
Mr. Kesterson on the responsibility of an RPO clerk
while on the train.
