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Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
If students lack historical context, they can miss the substance of a [...] »
Whitman Ridgway outlines some of the context in which the Bill of Rights was [...] »
What meanings does the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, have? [...] »
One institution, two very different perspectives. An expert contrasts [...] »
Is reading a piece of historic literature once enough? Not if you want to [...] »
Teaching in Action
Elementary teacher Karen Eanes hooks her students with engaging historical [...] »
An 8th-grade class analyzes letters about the Emancipation Proclamation.
[...] »Using Primary Sources
Work with early twentieth-century film as historical evidence. What [...] »
Advertisements have surrounded us for years. How can you interpret them? [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
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 [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »