High School Teachers

Graphic organizers can be effective scaffolds for all history students, but they can be especially helpful for students …

How do you teach the effects of WWI on art and literature? Transforming a content standard into a solid lesson plan.

Advertisements have surrounded us for years. How can you interpret them? Where can you find them?

Students in Kristina Frank of Eagle Ridge Middle School’s class script and film their own presidential campaign ads.

Engage your students in historical thinking with this interactive site on the rebellion led by Daniel Shays.

What’s one way of bringing delight to learning history? Historical fiction, says American Girl author Valerie Tripp.

Whether you are writing a paper or just curious, here are some great resources on the Mexican American War.

For Constitution Day, DC teacher Amy Trenkle’s 8th-grade class carved out their thoughts on the First Amendment.

Piece together history from a handful of clues with 7th-grade teacher Michael Yell’s Mystery strategy.

Kristina Frank of Eagle Ridge Middle School brings modern and historical elections home to her students using campaign …

September 11, 2011 marks the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. When does the recent past become history?

Two letters from 1800 Tripoli lead into a story of piracy, privateering, slavery, international politics, and war at sea …

Every week during the school year, Teachinghistory.org offers a new quiz. Test your history knowledge and, if you score …

Paring down a larger idea to answer one specific question.

Use this guide developed by PBS and the Antiques Roadshow to teach about material culture.

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Celebrate this holiday as a day of public service.

Bring experts into the classroom or meet students from around the globe with Skype!

Use the Triangle Shirtwaist fire to examine the benefits and costs of industrialization.

Maps show far more than how to go from point A to point B! Discover how to incorporate maps into your classroom.

Teach with punk, hip hop, and classic rock with these suggestions from teacher educator Anthony Pellegrino.

Students interact with history by creating Facebook fan pages for historical figures.

Ready to curate an online exhibit, put together a portfolio, or create a course website?

YouTube is an invaluable resource—just make sure to use it properly!

What does it take to win a presidential campaign? Try it yourself with this online game from iCivics!

Encourage students to think critically about website content by introducing evaluation criteria and rubrics.

Navigate census data from 1940 to 2000 using interactive maps.

In this video, University of Texas—Dallas professor Dr. Monica Rankin talks about her use of Twitter to facilitate …

Zotero makes gathering, annotating, organizing, and cross-referencing research simple.

A multimedia collaborative tool with the American Association of School Librarians’ stamp of approval.

Does Twitter have value as an educational tool, or does it promote communication overload?

Combine maps and a timeline to tell the story of change over time and place with this visual tool!

Map the twists and turns of a process or historical narrative with this charting tool.

Glogster—a “posterboard” creator for the digital media age.

Create, share, and collaborate with this free word-processing tool!

Discover the extent of students’ understanding of historical subjects with this tool.

Don’t be daunted by website creation—Weebly offers a user-friendly DIY interface.

Do more than read the news—assess it, with the help of NewsTrust’s community and reviewing tools.

Maximize student creativity with these tools that let students create their own cartoons.

Digitize class surveys and poll student knowledge with this tool.

Direct your students through the historical research process with these digital resources.