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Making Sense of Numbers
Quantitative data, although seemingly daunting and impersonal, can help you understand the past.
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9-12 Resources
View All →Making Sense of American Popular Songs
Don’t overlook song as a way of understanding the past.
National History Day Project: The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Learn more about the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Film Review: Ken Burns's Jazz
Documentaries can be critiqued on many levels, says Professor Frank Tirro. Here, he looks at Ken Burns’s Jazz from four …
Elizabeth Schaefer on the Interactive Declaration of Independence
Eighth-grade U.S. history teacher Elizabeth Schaefer “warps” the Declaration of Independence into the future with …
Joe Jelen on Pocket Camcorders
With pocket camcorders, you can direct a class full of filmmakers. Joe Jelen takes a look at these tiny tools.
Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History
The Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History project offers teaching resources and guidance for conducting …
Questioning History Using the Census
Historian Alex Stein poses questions about population shift in Detroit, and models using census data and other sources …
The Cost of Industrialization
Use the Triangle Shirtwaist fire to examine the benefits and costs of industrialization.
Joe Jelen: Old Newspapers Find a Home in New Technology
Newspapers are alive and well in the U.S. history classroom.
New Jersey's Quakers and the American Revolution
Did you know the Quakers were pre-Revolution abolitionists?…
Do I Have a Right?
Drill students on the constitutional amendments with this engaging game.
National History Day Wins 2011 National Humanities Medal
Congratulations to National History Day for winning the 2011 National Humanities Medal!
The Nation's Report Card: U.S. History, 2010
On June 14th, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) released the Nation’s Report Card: U.S. History …
ABMC Education
Classroom activities for teaching aspects of World War I and World War II.
Presidents in the Library
Happy Presidents Day! What better place to turn to for presidential history resources than libraries dedicated to the …
Understanding and Appreciating World War II Veterans
Immerse your students in World War II battles, veterans, and services for Veteran’s Day projects with these handy …
ABMC War Dead Database
Features over 224,000 records of individuals buried or memorialized in ABMC cemeteries and memorials worldwide.
Religion and the Labor Movement: A Guide for Pre-Service Teachers
Engaging Library of Congress primary sources that connect religion and organized labor.
Lincoln on the Big Screen
How do historians think about films like Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln? Take a look with Teachinghistory.org!
Integrating Material Culture into the Classroom
Use this guide developed by PBS and the Antiques Roadshow to teach about material culture.
Classroom Tools
View All →Zotero
Zotero makes gathering, annotating, organizing, and cross-referencing research simple.
Creating Campaign Commercials
Students in Kristina Frank of Eagle Ridge Middle School’s class script and film their own presidential campaign ads.
Win the White House
What does it take to win a presidential campaign? Try it yourself with this online game from iCivics!
Understanding and Appreciating World War II Veterans
Immerse your students in World War II battles, veterans, and services for Veteran’s Day projects with these handy …
Using Facebook to Engage with Historical Figures
Students interact with history by creating Facebook fan pages for historical figures.
YouTube
YouTube is an invaluable resource—just make sure to use it properly!
Wordle
Does something this much fun belong in the classroom? Yes!
Wikis
Wikis—they’re not just for encyclopedias anymore. Discover a new way to approach group projects.
Mission US: For Crown or Colony
Immerse your students in the 1770s with this online game.
Search Engines
Beyond Google: effective use of search engines takes careful critical thinking.
Is the Internet a Reliable Source for History Content?
Encourage students to think critically about website content by introducing evaluation criteria and rubrics.
DocsTeach
Find primary sources and the tools to present them to students—in one place.
Social Explorer
Navigate census data from 1940 to 2000 using interactive maps.
Do I Have a Right?
Drill students on the constitutional amendments with this engaging game.
Google Docs
Create, share, and collaborate with this free word-processing tool!
Scribblar
Teach in a virtual classroom? Try this collaborative online whiteboard tool.
Prezi
Open up a new world between whiteboards and slides with this presentation tool.
Google Maps
Discover a whole new world of mapping and geography with Google Maps!
Slideshare
Share away on this YouTube-style site for PowerPoint, PDF, and OpenOffice projects.
Web Poster Wizard
Create a lesson, worksheet, or class page, and publish it online right away.