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Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
How did the World War II internment of Japanese Americans happen? Historian [...] »
How does the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in Washington, DC, depict Grant and [...] »
If students lack historical context, they can miss the substance of a [...] »
Written primary sources only tell you so much. To learn about history that [...] »
Analyzing a source requires context for a more complete understanding.
[...] »Teaching in Action
Eighth-grade teacher Amy Trenkle keeps students on-task before, during, and [...] »
Watch 4th-graders analyze cartoons about Virginia and Brown v. Board of [...] »
Using Primary Sources
So you don't live near Gettysburg or the Alamo—can you still teach with [...] »
In this series of exercises, students are presented with Native American [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Class discussion and personal inquiry builds an interactive relationship [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »