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Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Absolving the guilty and punishing the innocent. Historian Elizabeth Reis [...] »
What is the key line in Franklin D. Roosevelt's second inaugural address? [...] »
What do these letters from a women's rights activist reveal about social [...] »
Watch Suzannah Niepold guide TAH teachers through analyzing the differences [...] »
What do slave receipts reveal? Ever considered using similar documents to [...] »
Teaching in Action
Introducing your students to primary sources for the first time? Watch [...] »
Is a school an island? James Liou talks about working to integrate schools [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Every town has a scattering of historical markers and statues. Discover what [...] »
Learn how to teach your students historical thinking with this informative [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »