High School Teachers

Ninth-grade teacher Jamie Kimbrough asked her students to stand in Kennedy’s shoes. How did they decide to resolve the …

Should I just try to jazz up our textbook or can you suggest places to look to find documents that my kids can decipher?

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

The qualities that make a piece of history writing “good” or “effective” vary, depending on the purpose and genre. For …

Connect with your ELL students with this bilingual Puerto Rico Encyclopedia!

SQ3R is an effective note-taking system that helps English Language Learners self-monitor their comprehension before, …

Are historical films like James Cameron’s Titanic most useful as ways to interest students in history—or as primary …

Historical Thinking Matters contains sets of primary documents in both English and Spanish that can be used to create …

Thesis statements form the backbone of history essays and DBQs.

Two practices help students to make sense of primary source documents on the internment of Japanese Americans while …

EDSITEment: A portal for fun historical learning from grades K-12.

Register now for this program with expert historians geared for middle and high schoolers.

Whether you use the telephone or Skype, there are a number of ways to contact modern historians.

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

Anthony Pellegrino explores the history of one segregated school, and complicates his understanding of a traditional …

Walk through the history of student gardening with documentarian Cintia Cabib, and see how you can use gardens in the …

It’s never too early to start considering professional development. What opportunities are available to you?

Don’t overlook song as a way of understanding the past.

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

Tired of using up rolls of butcher paper on making timelines? High-school teacher Joe Jelen recommends flexible online …

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

Collect information from your students and your peers with Google Forms.

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

Immerse your students in the 1770s with this online game.

Create a lesson, worksheet, or class page, and publish it online right away.

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

Liberate yourself from overhead projectors with these versatile pieces of hardware.

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

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

High school teacher Joe Jelen introduces the primary source analysis strategy “zoom-in inquiry.”

Open up a new world between whiteboards and slides with this presentation tool.

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

Navigate census data from 1940 to 2000 using interactive maps.

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

Construct your own short films demonstrating historical thinking.

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

Keep up with your favorite places on the Web with Really Simple Syndication (RSS).

Network with other teachers, or encourage your students to match minds outside of the classroom.

Drill students on the constitutional amendments with this engaging game.

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