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Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Donald A. Ritchie, Historian of the U.S. Senate, asks how a political [...] »
Whitman Ridgway outlines some of the context in which the Bill of Rights was [...] »
How can you get teachers thinking about monuments and memorials as secondary [...] »
Two letters from 1800 Tripoli lead into a story of piracy, privateering, [...] »
Teaching the Reconstruction? Ford's Theatre's Sarah Jencks leads teachers [...] »
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
Teach students how to utilize primary sources with this game from [...] »
What questions should you ask when viewing maps as historical evidence?
[...] »Teaching with Textbooks
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »