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Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
A student demonstrates thinking aloud reading two documents.
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Historian Rosemarie Zagarri reads the Declaration of Independence closely, [...] »
On the website Historical Thinking Matters, a student reads aloud a [...] »
Make large-scale historic events like the Holocaust personal with artifacts [...] »
Educators tour the NMAAHC exhibit "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: [...] »
Teaching in Action
High school students use primary sources to question their textbook's [...] »
A 3rd-grade teacher leads her students through analysis of child labor [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Work with oral history interviews as historical evidence.
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Integrate these two guides into your curriculum to help students develop [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
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 [...] »