A single destination for K-12 American history content, teaching methods, and current research.
click on the image above or its caption to read more
Quick Links for
Introductory Videos click on an image below to watch a video
Recently in Teaching Materials
Ask a Master Teacher
In the last 10 years, some major changes in history teaching have taken place. [...] »
Teaching Guides
Go forth, and contextualize! Give students the opportunity for solo connection [...] »
Browse Teaching Materials
Recently in History Content
Website Reviews
40,000 written pages and more than 3,000 illustrations provide accounts of [...] »
Website Reviews
View maps created during the early stages of surveying Illinois. [...] »
Browse History Content
Recently in Best Practices
Examples of Historical Thinking
Challenge students to gather evidence from multiple primary sources. Here, a [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Analyze art in the classroom with these resources from the Picturing America [...] »
Browse Best Practices
Digital Classroom
Browse Digital Classroom »
Thinking Like Historians
Find strategies, quizzes, and lessons for teaching historical thinking in your classroom. [...] »
