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Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Historian Chandra Manning analyzes Civil War letters from black and white [...] »
Donald A. Ritchie, Historian of the U.S. Senate, asks how a political [...] »
Watch J. Douglas Smith discuss the Massive Resistance policy enacted by U.S [...] »
On the website Historical Thinking Matters, a student reads aloud a [...] »
Letters from U.S. soldiers during the Philippine-American War reveal [...] »
Teaching in Action
How did people in the North feel about John Brown after his raid on Harpers [...] »
Elementary teacher Karen Eanes hooks her students with engaging historical [...] »
Using Primary Sources
These worksheets from the Library of Congress help students analyze primary [...] »
Use this guide developed by PBS and the Antiques Roadshow to teach [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »