Middle School Teachers

When you want your students to think, rather than just remember.

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

For African American History Month, don’t just focus on the heroes—use primary sources to explore the lives of ordinary …

We history teachers who teach English language learners face a dilemma: how can we teach our students a rigorous history …

Race, ethics, stereotyping—all are thorny issues integral to our history. How can you encourage empathy?

Museums, colleges, and tribes are invaluable for gathering course-building materials on Native American history.

Chandra Manning discusses the song “John Brown’s Body,” and how music can be an important source in discovering the …

Remember Choose Your Own Adventure stories? Borrow the idea for video projects!

How do objects capture the past? And how do you display objects to make a point about the past?

Our 6th issue of History Education News tells you where to go to find resources and ideas for engaging your students …

What do these letters from a women’s rights activist reveal about social causes in the 1840s?

Covering urbanization and industrialization? This homicide index can help students understand social changes and …

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

Use pictures to teach and learn history—and explore copyright issues.

Learn more about the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Documentaries can be critiqued on many levels, says Professor Frank Tirro. Here, he looks at Ken Burns’s Jazz from four …

What would life be like without freedoms we take for granted—of the press, right to assembly, and more?

Explore these online Constitution Day resources for September 17 and throughout the year.

Examining changes in early American homes helps interpret the past. It reflects the transitions that occurred in that …

Are lists of Bests valuable?

Check out this tech-based alternative to counting raised hands.

Drill students on the constitutional amendments with this engaging game.

In this official Google-created video, educators and other school personnel volunteer ways they’ve used Google Docs in …

Does Facebook in the history classroom take social networking too far? Maybe not.

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

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

Discover new classroom possibilities with this easy-to-use video presentation tool.

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

Bring history to life and protect student identity with personalized speaking avatars.

Construct your own short films demonstrating historical thinking.

Google is great, but not always applicable to the history classroom. Discover a whole new world of academic online …

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

Find primary sources and the tools to present them to students—in one place.

Digitize class surveys and poll student knowledge with this tool.

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

Teach in a virtual classroom? Try this collaborative online whiteboard tool.

Immerse your students in World War II battles, veterans, and services for Veteran’s Day projects with these handy …

Navigate census data from 1940 to 2000 using interactive maps.

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

YouTube blocked at your school? Video uploading site Vimeo is here for you.