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Example of Historical Thinking
![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 [...] »
Watch Smithsonian curator Barbara Clark Smith discuss John Smith’s Map of [...] »
What is the key line in Franklin D. Roosevelt's second inaugural address? [...] »
If students lack historical context, they can miss the substance of a [...] »
What meanings does the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, have? [...] »
Teaching in Action
Is a school an island? James Liou talks about working to integrate schools [...] »
Discover the multiple strategies 5th-grade teacher Jennifer Brouhard uses in [...] »
Using Primary Sources
The National History Day’s guidelines for defining and locating [...] »
Transform film from a source of entertainment to a piece of historical [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »