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Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
See sourcing in action, as a historian reads a document about the Scopes [...] »
Take a look at artifacts from the past—what might they be? Teachers model [...] »
What does an 1853 daguerreotype have to say? Plenty, says Frank Goodyear, [...] »
How did the World War II internment of Japanese Americans happen? Historian [...] »
TAH teachers get an introduction to Monticello as Thomas Jefferson's ' [...] »
Teaching in Action
Teacher Eva La Mar's third graders become historians, writers, and [...] »
The fictional Alphonse the Camel provides insight for one classroom.
[...] »Using Primary Sources
Work with early twentieth-century film as historical evidence. What [...] »
Looking for new ideas on how to teach with the historic places in your [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »