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What is Historical Thinking?
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Elementary Introduction
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Middle School Introduction
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High School Introduction
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Digital Classroom
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Teaching Materials

Teaching Guides

This guide explores the relationship between secrecy and the First Amendment [...] »

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History Content

Website Reviews
The Duke of York, from Rare Pictures. . . , 1914, Wisconsin Historical Society

Search Wisconsin newspapers mainly from 1860 through 1940.


Website Reviews
Print, Panorama From Point Sublime, 1882, J. Bien, David Rumsey Historical Maps

More than 15,800 rare historical maps focus on North and South America.


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Best Practices

Examples of Historical Thinking

With the advent of industry and western expansion, U.S. businesses mass [...] »

Teaching in Action

High school students use primary sources to question their textbook's [...] »

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History Quiz

Fly Away Jim Crow

Equality requires more than a Proclamation. Try to answer these questions on Jim Crow.

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Digital Classroom

Chronozoom

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! | [...] »