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Example of Historical Thinking
![Photo, [Old hermit Roy Ozmer. . . ], 1957, Flickr Commons](/sites/default/files/styles/splash_thumb_images/public/Reading-and-Thinking.jpg?itok=f7GCc3Xk "Photo, [Old hermit Roy Ozmer reading a book at his house : Pelican Key, Florida], December 1957, State Library and Archives of Florida, Flickr Commons")
Watch this flash movie for a peek at how historians read and question [...] »
A Cherokee Nation Supreme Court document reveals the fluidity of racial [...] »
How did the World War II internment of Japanese Americans happen? Historian [...] »
How did the women's suffrage movement use the rise of journalism to its [...] »
Smithsonian Barbara Clark Smith looks at what a colonial newspaper article [...] »
Teaching in Action
Introducing your students to primary sources for the first time? Watch [...] »
Watch this 9th-grade teacher lead his class in planning, writing, and [...] »
Using Primary Sources
The National History Day’s guidelines for defining and locating [...] »
Teach students how to utilize primary sources with this game from [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
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 [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »