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Preparing for the Days of Remembrance
Mar 30 2012
How do people talk about and understand the Holocaust today in the U.S. and around the world? [...] »
Lessons Online: TED-Ed
Mar 23 2012
Nominate teachers and lesson ideas to share with teachers Internet-wide. [...] »
Resources for Columbus Day
Oct 3 2011
Is Columbus Day just another school day (or day off), or a teachable moment? [...] »
An Ear for the Past: The National Jukebox
Jul 2 2011
Catchy primary sources? You bet! With the Library of Congress's National Jukebox, get your students humming history. [...] »
Jennifer Orr on Primary Sources in Primary Classrooms
Jun 29 2011
Many primary sources are text-heavy. Jennifer Orr asks where do you find sources appropriate for pre-literate students? Try art, photos, and other visual sources! [...] »
Questioning History Using the Census
Jun 25 2011
Historian Alex Stein poses questions about population shift in Detroit, and models using census data and other sources to answer his question. [...] »
Joe Jelen's Ads as Primary Sources: The Ad Council's Historic Campaigns
May 31 2011
Advertisements don't always use ideas to sell products—sometimes they use ideas to sell ideas. Explore the ideas the Ad Council's PSAs have sold, Joe Jelen suggests. [...] »
Amy Trenkle on National History Day—It's More than Just a Day…and It's More than Just History
May 23 2011
National History Day's categories encourage students to develop 21st-century skills—but 8th-grade teacher Amy Trenkle says make sure they don't neglect the history! [...] »
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2011
May 17 2011
Scratch the surface of Asian Pacific American history this May, and keep digging. [...] »
Joe Jelen on the New York Public Library Digital Gallery
Apr 25 2011
This digitized photographs contained in this collection can be incorporated into lesson plans in a variety of exciting ways. [...] »
