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Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Chandra Manning discusses the song “John Brown's Body,” and how music can be [...] »
What is the key line in Franklin D. Roosevelt's second inaugural address? [...] »
Written primary sources only tell you so much. To learn about history that [...] »
Two letters from 1800 Tripoli lead into a story of piracy, privateering, [...] »
Watch Briana Zavadil White introduce teachers to portraits of inventors and [...] »
Teaching in Action
A 3rd-grade teacher leads her students through analysis of child labor [...] »
The fictional Alphonse the Camel provides insight for one classroom.
[...] »Using Primary Sources
Textbook illustrations are often overlooked as historical evidence.
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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 [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation, [...] »
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
The language of history textbooks challenges English language learners and [...] »