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Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Historian Christopher Hamner introduces educators to the World War II [...] »
![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 [...] »
Today, we accept paper—and electronic—money as a fact of life. Historian [...] »
What was it like being a small farmer in the 1700s? Follow a tour group [...] »
Professor Meredith Lair examines a 1971 political cartoon and what it says [...] »
Teaching in Action
Watch this 9th-grade teacher lead his class in planning, writing, and [...] »
Teacher Eva La Mar's third graders become historians, writers, and [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Teach students how to utilize primary sources with this game from [...] »
Source and approach letters and diaries with historical thinking.
[...] »Teaching with Textbooks
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »