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Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
How does the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in Washington, DC, depict Grant and [...] »
What can a photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 reveal? Donald A. [...] »
Ford's Theatre Society's Sarah Jencks leads teachers through Abraham Lincoln [...] »
Challenge students to gather evidence from multiple primary sources. Here, a [...] »
How did the women's suffrage movement use the rise of journalism to its [...] »
Teaching in Action
Two practices help students to make sense of primary source documents on the [...] »
Teacher Bill Kendrat demonstrates the techniques he uses to draw students in [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Virginia Tech’s short video shows how to analyze primary sources and put [...] »
This source from Cornell University's Olin and Uris Libraries includes [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »