Quicklinks for Elementary School Teachers
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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
Another Kind of American Idol
Explore the history of America's most iconic image—the American flag. But[...] »
Teaching Tools
Teaching about Memorial Day
Memorial Day is a day of remembrance. Materials for all classroom levels are[...] »
3-5 Resources
Pre-1865
Three Perspectives on Native American Removal and Westward Expansion
Check out this lesson on arguments surrounding the 1830 forced removal of[...] »
Post-1865
Child Labor in America, 1908-1912: Photographs of Lewis W. Hine
Sixty-four photographs taken by Lewis W. Hine between 1908 and 1912 document[...] »
Classroom Tools
Historical Thinking & Literacy
Stop and Source!
Students get more out of historical photographs when they take the time to[...] »
Using Technology
Little Bird Tales
K-6 teachers, worried that your students aren't ready for digital tools?[...] »