KidCitizen is part of the Congress, Civic Participation, and Primary Sources Project, supported by a grant from the Library of Congress.
A wonderful comic - a lighthouse keeper reflecting on their job - from the Washington Post. A nice companion to our “Lighthouses and our Nation” episode.
West Gloucester native who kept two lighthouses going in a major storm. Read the article, and check out our Lighthouses episode!
In this new KidCitizen episode, K-5 children dive into the history of lighthouses in the United States, uncovering how these structures guided ships and protected coastlines for centuries.
KidCitizen provides a growing set of interactive episodes where K-5 students work with primary source photographs to explore Congress and Civic Engagement.
Discover the vital role of lighthouses and the people who maintained them in shaping our nation’s history.
National parks are incredible places full of natural beauty and wonders. In this primary source inquiry, children embark on a journey to explore how these parks have become symbols of our national heritage and how they offer us opportunities to explore, learn, and connect with the natural world.
Explore how voluntarism and civic action of children has been important to their community in the past and present.
Every family has a story to tell about who they are and their unique journey in the world. Through close observation, children get a view into daily life of a Japanese American family incarcerated at Manzanar.
In this brief introductory episode, we find out what a primary source is and explore a few examples.
Analyze a greeting card to learn about a family, who they are, and what feelings they were expressing.
Long ago Congress decided that it was important to pass labor laws to protect children. Why did they think that child labor was a problem?
We are working with the University of Puerto Rico on Spanish language versions of three more episodes. Enter your email, and we’ll tell you when they are ready!
With the KidCitizen Editor you can customize episodes or create your own, then easily share them with students.
The app’s episodes capitalize on the active and social nature of young children's learning, using primary sources for rich demonstrations, interactions, and models of literacy.
The KidCitizen team is gathering resources to help all TPS Consortium partners work on Usability and Accessibility of digital and online resources.
