Browse Past Blog Posts
Jennifer Orr on Primary Sources in Primary Classrooms
Many primary sources are text-heavy. Jennifer Orr asks where do you find [...] »
Questioning History Using the Census
Historian Alex Stein poses questions about population shift in Detroit, and [...] »
Film Review: Ken Burns's Jazz
Documentaries can be critiqued on many levels, says Professor Frank Tirro. [...] »
Michael Yell on Critical Thinking and Teaching History
Don't think once. Think twice. Demand concise, thought-provoking work from [...] »
Diana Laufenberg on the Power of Visuals
Modern U.S. history instruction relies on reading and writing. Teacher Diana [...] »
Elizabeth Schaefer on Facebook in the Classroom
8th-grade teacher Elizabeth Schaefer tackles the challenge of using Facebook [...] »
Anthony Pellegrino on Teaching Segregated History
Anthony Pellegrino explores the history of one segregated school, and [...] »
Ron Gorr on Socratic Seminars with Primary Documents
Anchor Socratic seminars in primary sources and watch your students work [...] »
Michael Yell on a Strategy for the Use of Textbooks in the History Classroom
Students aren't always working with primary sources. Seventh-grade history [...] »
Joe Jelen's Ads as Primary Sources: The Ad Council's Historic Campaigns
Advertisements don't always use ideas to sell products—sometimes they use [...] »