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Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Historian Allida Black analyzes FDR's April 28, 1935 Fireside Chat. What [...] »
Watch J. Douglas Smith discuss the Massive Resistance policy enacted by U.S [...] »
TAH teachers get an introduction to Monticello as Thomas Jefferson's ' [...] »
If students lack historical context, they can miss the substance of a [...] »
Textbooks describe segregation in a few pages, but these artists share [...] »
Teaching in Action
Sixth graders in Prince William County film their interpretations of the [...] »
An 8th-grade teacher asks: Was early 20th-century America a "melting pot" or [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Work with oral history interviews as historical evidence.
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Advertisements have surrounded us for years. How can you interpret them? [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »