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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 [...] »

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

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

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History Content

Website Reviews
Photo, Keeping fit with the medicine ball, 1927, Edwin William Krauter, NYPL

Learn about race in the Progressive Era through the life of Jack Johnson, [...] »

Website Reviews

Follow the proceedings of the Dred Scott case with facsimiles and [...] »

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Best Practices

Examples of Historical Thinking

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

Teaching with Textbooks
Negative, "Sgt. John Clem, U.S.A.," 1855-1865, Library of Congress

Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »

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History Quiz

Women in Blues (and Jazz)

In the early 20th century, the new music recording industry embraced hundreds of artists—including women.

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Digital Classroom

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! | [...] »