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Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
What can a photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 reveal? Donald A. [...] »
How do the speeches of Sojourner Truth and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper [...] »
On the website Historical Thinking Matters, a student reads aloud a [...] »
Excite students by introducing them to primary sources that answer questions [...] »
Close observation and an inquisitive mind are all the tools you need to [...] »
Teaching in Action
Teacher Bill Kendrat demonstrates the techniques he uses to draw students in [...] »
How did people in the North feel about John Brown after his raid on Harpers [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Transform film from a source of entertainment to a piece of historical [...] »
See this Flash movie for a peek at how historians read and question sources [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »