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Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Take a look at artifacts from the past—what might they be? Teachers model [...] »
Potato chip marketing—how a luxury item became an everyday U.S. food.
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Textbooks describe segregation in a few pages, but these artists share [...] »
How can you get teachers thinking about monuments and memorials as secondary [...] »
How does the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in Washington, DC, depict Grant and [...] »
Teaching in Action
Elementary teacher Karen Eanes hooks her students with engaging historical [...] »
Sixth graders in Prince William County film their interpretations of the [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Looking for new ideas on how to teach with the historic places in your [...] »
National Park Service lesson plans, teaching materials, and vibrant images [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »