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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
Image, Oral History Digital Collection.

In full-text narratives, more than 2,000 people from northeast Ohio discuss [...] »

Website Reviews
Image, Television News of the Civil Rights Era 1950-1970, 2005, UVa.

View contemporary coverage of the Civil Rights Movement from two Roanoke, VA [...] »

Best Practices

Examples of Historical Thinking

If the U.S. interned you and your family, how would you respond?


Examples of Historical Thinking

Whitman Ridgway outlines some of the context in which the Bill of Rights was [...] »

History Quiz

Marie Curie and Jane Goodall—you may know these female scientists, but can you name any American women scientists?

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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! | [...] »