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? [...] »
Jeremiah McCall on Activities and Assessments for Simulation Games
Mar 26 2012
Thinking about using digital games in your classroom? In Part Four of his six-part series, teacher Jeremiah McCall shows you how to form lesson plans around critically evaluating U.S. history games. [...] »
Lessons Online: TED-Ed
Mar 23 2012
Nominate teachers and lesson ideas to share with teachers Internet-wide. [...] »
Michael Yell on Writing as Thinking
Mar 19 2012
Practicing writing practices good habits of thought, says Mike Yell. Two strategies can get your students writing every day. [...] »
Film Review: Iron Jawed Angels
Mar 15 2012
How does modern television portray early 20th-century suffragists? Through very modern eyes, says Historian Carla Bittel. [...] »
Meg Griffin on Google Docs
Mar 12 2012
What can you do with Google Docs? [...] »
Valerie Tripp on the Power of Everyday Objects in Teaching History
Mar 5 2012
The meaning of an object is its story. [...] »
Resources for Women's History Month
Mar 2 2012
Teach women's history in March and all year long with these resources. [...] »
Joe Jelen Makes Students' Thinking Visible with Backchannel Discussion
Feb 27 2012
Can you turn classroom chatter to constructive ends? Joe Jelen says digital tools can help. [...] »
Film Review: The Alamo
Feb 22 2012
Remember the Alamo! But what does the U.S. remember? Historical fact or historical mythology? Historian Stanley Corkin looks at the film The Alamo. [...] »
