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Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Two letters from 1800 Tripoli lead into a story of piracy, privateering, [...] »
This interactive tutorial models a four-step process for analyzing [...] »
If students lack historical context, they can miss the substance of a [...] »
In the struggle for women's suffrage, how did African American women [...] »
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
The National History Day’s guidelines for defining and locating [...] »
Check out these sites for excellent primary source material.
[...] »Teaching with Textbooks
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
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 [...] »