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Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Excite students by introducing them to primary sources that answer questions [...] »
TAH teachers get an introduction to Monticello as Thomas Jefferson's ' [...] »
Historian Chandra Manning analyzes Civil War letters from black and white [...] »
If students lack historical context, they can miss the substance of a [...] »
How does the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in Washington, DC, depict Grant and [...] »
Teaching in Action
Teacher Bill Kendrat demonstrates the techniques he uses to draw students in [...] »
Two practices help students to make sense of primary source documents on the [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Advertisements have surrounded us for years. How can you interpret them? [...] »
Watch a scholar interpret letters from labor activist and reformer Sarah [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
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 textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »