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Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
How did the World War II internment of Japanese Americans happen? Historian [...] »
Analyzing a massive primary source? Divide it up! Teachers at the [...] »
A student demonstrates thinking aloud reading two documents.
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Smithsonian Barbara Clark Smith looks at what a colonial newspaper article [...] »
What does an 1853 daguerreotype have to say? Plenty, says Frank Goodyear, [...] »
Teaching in Action
Elementary teacher Karen Eanes hooks her students with engaging historical [...] »
Sixth graders in Prince William County film their interpretations of the [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Virginia Tech’s short video shows how to analyze primary sources and put [...] »
Incorporate art into lesson plans with this resource from The Metropolitan [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »