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Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Historian Rosemarie Zagarri reads the Declaration of Independence closely, [...] »
Textbooks describe segregation in a few pages, but these artists share [...] »
If students lack historical context, they can miss the substance of a [...] »
What was it like being a small farmer in the 1700s? Follow a tour group [...] »
Smithsonian Barbara Clark Smith looks at what a colonial newspaper article [...] »
Teaching in Action
Elementary teacher Karen Eanes hooks her students with engaging historical [...] »
Two practices help students to make sense of primary source documents on the [...] »
Using Primary Sources
This source from Cornell University's Olin and Uris Libraries includes [...] »
Integrate these two guides into your curriculum to help students develop [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
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 [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »