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Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Watch J. Douglas Smith discuss the Massive Resistance policy enacted by U.S [...] »
A student demonstrates thinking aloud reading two documents.
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What is the key line in Franklin D. Roosevelt's second inaugural address? [...] »
Analyzing a source requires context for a more complete understanding.
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Historian Chandra Manning analyzes Civil War letters from black and white [...] »
Teaching in Action
High school students use primary sources to question their textbook's [...] »
Eighth-grade teacher Amy Trenkle keeps students on-task before, during, and [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Discover historic landscapes with this guide to reading the land produced by [...] »
Virginia Tech’s short video shows how to analyze primary sources and put [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »