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Discover how to discuss controversial topics in your classroom without being controversial. [...] »
What stories do elementary school students tell about the past? Read this research brief for more about fourth and fifth graders’ thinking processes. [...] »
Do students need reading skills specific to the history classroom? Click here to discover how reading differs across particular disciplines. [...] »
How do factors such as race and ethnicity shape young peoples’ perspectives the history of race relations? [...] »
What literacy activities best promote understanding? This study identifies some particularly effective approaches. [...] »
Are tests really the best way to examine student understanding? This summary of VCU professor Gabriel Reich's research examines this question. [...] »
Discover the influence popular culture and dominant narratives can have on your curriculum and learn how to avoid stereotyping. [...] »
Use these suggestions to help students write informed historical essays. [...] »
Do students interpret third-person narratives written by anonymous authors differently than, say, those with a visible author writing in the first person? [...] »
How do teachers use text- or web-based primary sources in the history/social studies classroom, and why? [...] »
