National History Education Clearinghouse

Planning a role-playing activity in your classroom? Visit this website to see how a 5th grade teacher teaches historical context before and during role-playing activities.

Wondering how to encourage and support student analysis of maps? Watch this 4th grade teacher in action to see how she engages students in analyzing a primary source while tying it into larger curricular issues and topics.

The fictional Alphonse the Camel provides insights to student learning in a ninth-grade, mixed-ability class bearing the label, Gifted and Talented.

This video shows a ninth-grade history class applying new knowledge about causal reasoning to the question of whether two bullets were, in fact, responsible for the start of World War I.

Watch this high school teacher lead his mixed-ability class through a lesson in planning documentary films about World War I.

Trying to promote more productive and engaging discussions? Watch this high school teacher promote dialogue in the classroom while keeping his students focused on a set of primary sources.