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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

Ask a Master Teacher
Photography, London Archive Research, 16 Sept 2008, Flickr CC

Have a specific topic you desperately need to locate primary sources for? We [...] »

Lesson Plan Reviews

Through the lens of documents concerning the Iran-Contra Affair, this lesson [...] »

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History Content

Website Reviews
Map, Beaver vignette, 1698, Nicolas Guerard, Osher Map Library.

History can be revealed through the study of maps, as these exhibits [...] »

Website Reviews
Photo, Wildwood Cemetery, from website

How did the Underground Railroad work? Listen to an insider's story.


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Best Practices

Examples of Historical Thinking

How did the World War II internment of Japanese Americans happen? Historian [...] »

Using Primary Sources

The National History Day’s guidelines for defining and locating [...] »

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History Quiz

America's Love for the Automobile

An Exciting Whiff of Danger or La Belle Dame sans Merci?

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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! | [...] »