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
National Portrait Gallery
Allow students to "meet" their favorite historical figures.
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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
Discovering Angel Island: The Story Behind the Poems
Learn about the experiences of immigrants detained at Angel Island and how[...] »
Classroom Tools
Historical Thinking & Literacy
Teaching with Timelines
Construct an ongoing, shared classroom timeline in middle and elementary[...] »
Using Technology
Little Bird Tales
K-6 teachers, worried that your students aren't ready for digital tools?[...] »