Quicklinks for Elementary School Teachers
Teacher's Pick
Teaching with Textbooks
Lessons in which students compare secondary sources are a challenge for me to set up. This entry about comparing textbook accounts helped a lot!
—Anonymous
K-2 Resources
Content
Jennifer Orr on Integrating History into 1st-grade Instruction
U.S. history doesn't usually have its own place in 1st-grade curriculum. How[...] »
Teaching Tools
Storytelling with Scrapbooks
Be a creative teacher—use scrapbooks in YOUR history classroom!
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3-5 Resources
Pre-1865
Mystery Strategy for Elementary Students
Using the premise of a mystery, elementary students act as history[...] »
Post-1865
Well-behaved Women [and Men] Seldom Make History
Help your elementary school students get more out of historical biographies[...] »
Classroom Tools
Historical Thinking & Literacy
Integrating Language Arts and History
Elementary teacher Karen Eanes hooks her students with engaging historical[...] »
Using Technology
The Pilgrims in American Culture: Thanksgiving
Were the Pilgrims really shorter than us? Discover the answer to all your[...] »