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Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking

Historian Allida Black analyzes FDR's April 28, 1935 Fireside Chat. What [...] »

Challenge students to gather evidence from multiple primary sources. Here, a [...] »

Educators tour the NMAAHC exhibit "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: [...] »

What connections do documents related to the Jackie Robinson Testimonial [...] »

Potato chip marketing—how a luxury item became an everyday U.S. food.
[...] »Teaching in Action

The fictional Alphonse the Camel provides insight for one classroom.
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How did people in the North feel about John Brown after his raid on Harpers [...] »
Using Primary Sources

Find the National Archive's worksheets for analyzing a variety of primary [...] »

Looking for new ideas on how to teach with the historic places in your [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks

Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »

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

The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »

Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »

Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »