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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
Tintype, Two women fencing, c. 1885, George Eastman House, Flickr Commons

Start your research into Women's history with the National Women's History [...] »

Website Reviews
Photo, Hauling Logs With Oxen, c. 1880, Wisconsin Historical Society

Take in full articles from the 1917 through 2005 editions of the Wisconsin [...] »

Best Practices

Examples of Historical Thinking

What can a photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 reveal? Donald A. [...] »

Examples of Historical Thinking

Written primary sources only tell you so much. To learn about history that [...] »

History Quiz

Pre-Columbian calendars were very different from the ones we use today. Are these statements about Native American timekeeping true?

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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! | [...] »