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Teaching Materials

Teaching Guides

This guide consists of curated primary and secondary sources to help [...] »

Ask a Master Teacher
Photo, Ice 049, March 23, 2010, wcn247, Flickr

Explore tips on challenging gifted high school students, including resources [...] »

History Content

Website Reviews

10,000 pages of records on the struggle for votes for women, including [...] »

Website Reviews
Multimedia, AIDS in NYC, June 3, 2001, The New York Times et al.

New York Times articles from 1981 to 2001 follow the development of [...] »

Best Practices

Examples of Historical Thinking

Historian Chandra Manning analyzes Civil War letters from black and white [...] »

Examples of Historical Thinking

Who was Jane Addams, and how is her article "Why Women Should Vote" still [...] »

History Quiz

Crossing vast oceans required specialized tools and knowledge. Discover more about navigation and exploration.

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Digital Classroom

Chronozoom is a dynamic timeline tool that presents large scale timelines in a creative way.

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Thinking Like Historians

Interactive Historical Thinking Poster (Elementary)
Historical Thinking Poster Elementary
Find strategies, quizzes, and lessons for teaching historical thinking in your classroom. | [...] »
Interactive Historical Thinking Poster (Secondary)
Historical Thinking Poster Elementary
Find strategies, quizzes, and lessons for teaching historical thinking in your classroom. | [...] »
Civil War Interactive Poster
Historical Thinking Poster Elementary
Get students thinking like historians as they learn about the Civil War! | [...] »