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Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
What meanings does the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, have? [...] »
Teaching the Reconstruction? Ford's Theatre's Sarah Jencks leads teachers [...] »
A Cherokee Nation Supreme Court document reveals the fluidity of racial [...] »
Watch Suzannah Niepold of the Smithsonian American Art Museum guide teachers [...] »
Challenge students to gather evidence from multiple primary sources. Here, a [...] »
Teaching in Action
A 3rd-grade teacher leads her students through analysis of child labor [...] »
Discover the multiple strategies 5th-grade teacher Jennifer Brouhard uses in [...] »
Using Primary Sources
National Park Service lesson plans, teaching materials, and vibrant images [...] »
Check out these sites for primary sources grouped into sets by topic, grade- [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »