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Lower Level Learners: Teaching Their Way
Regularly assess student understanding, and revise your lesson plans to match the needs of lower level learners.
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6-8 Resources
View All →Historical Agency in History Book Sets (HBS)
Looking for ways to use fiction in your elementary history curriculum? Read on for suggestions!
Google Docs
Create, share, and collaborate with this free word-processing tool!
The Object of History
How do objects capture the past? And how do you display objects to make a point about the past?
EDSITEment
EDSITEment: A portal for fun historical learning from grades K-12.
Vitamins in Chocolate Cake: Why Use Historical Fiction in the Classroom?
What’s one way of bringing delight to learning history? Historical fiction, says American Girl author Valerie Tripp.
Three Perspectives on Native American Removal and Westward Expansion
Check out this lesson on arguments surrounding the 1830 forced removal of the Cherokee peoples from their homeland.
Searching for Sesquicentennial Sources
Teaching the Civil War? With the sesquicentennial kicking off, resources are popping up left and right!
Elizabeth Schaefer on a New Approach to President Lincoln
Summer is the time for professional development! Eighth-grade teacher Elizabeth Schaefer reports on her professional …
A Day On, Not a Day Off
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Celebrate this holiday as a day of public service.
The Multiple Dilemmas of Abraham Lincoln
An interactive exploration of the decisions Abraham Lincoln had to make during his presidency.
Analyzing Composition in Paintings
Incorporate art into lesson plans with this resource from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Teaching American History Program Invites 2011 Applications
The Department of Education invites applications for its Teaching American History Program in 2011.
Portal to Texas History
Texas educators, looking for primary resources on state history? Search this portal for thousands of images and …
SQ3R: Survey, Question, Read, Review, Recite
SQ3R is an effective note-taking system that helps English Language Learners self-monitor their comprehension before, …
LucidChart
Map the twists and turns of a process or historical narrative with this charting tool.
The Bray Schools: Colonial Education for Enslaved Youth
For 14 years prior to the American Revolution, there was a school operating in the colonial capital city of …
Historical Context and Roleplaying
A 5th-grade teacher teaches historical context through roleplaying activities.
In Pursuit of Freedom
Frederick Douglass approached the abolition of slavery from within the confines of the Constitution.
Blogs
Learn how to use blogs as communication channels and pedagogical tools.
Making Sense of American Popular Songs
Don’t overlook song as a way of understanding the past.
Classroom Tools
View All →NewsTrust
Do more than read the news—assess it, with the help of NewsTrust’s community and reviewing tools.
Creating Cartoons: Pixton & ToonDoo
Maximize student creativity with these tools that let students create their own cartoons.
Creating Campaign Commercials
Students in Kristina Frank of Eagle Ridge Middle School’s class script and film their own presidential campaign ads.
Scribblar
Teach in a virtual classroom? Try this collaborative online whiteboard tool.
Advanced Whiteboard Techniques
In this video, UK teacher Simon Botten demonstrates beyond-the-basics whiteboard techniques for use in history and …
Mission US: For Crown or Colony
Immerse your students in the 1770s with this online game.
SurveyMonkey
Digitize class surveys and poll student knowledge with this tool.
Social Explorer
Navigate census data from 1940 to 2000 using interactive maps.
Prezi
Open up a new world between whiteboards and slides with this presentation tool.
Vimeo
YouTube blocked at your school? Video uploading site Vimeo is here for you.
Wikis
Wikis—they’re not just for encyclopedias anymore. Discover a new way to approach group projects.
Blogs
Learn how to use blogs as communication channels and pedagogical tools.
Flickr
Use pictures to teach and learn history—and explore copyright issues.
Wordle
Does something this much fun belong in the classroom? Yes!
Beyond Google Searching
Google is great, but not always applicable to the history classroom. Discover a whole new world of academic online …
Google Forms
Collect information from your students and your peers with Google Forms.
Does Facebook in the history classroom take social networking too far? Maybe not.
Popplet
Brainstorm and organize ideas with this easy-to-use visual tool.
Is the Internet a Reliable Source for History Content?
Encourage students to think critically about website content by introducing evaluation criteria and rubrics.
Win the White House
What does it take to win a presidential campaign? Try it yourself with this online game from iCivics!