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
Children's Books Online
For story time or personal research, peruse historical children's books.
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Teaching Tools
Whiteboards and the Youngest Children
Watch kindergarten classes engage in project-based learning using new[...] »
3-5 Resources
Pre-1865
The Boston Massacre: Fact, Fiction, or Bad Memory
Help students think about where evidence for history comes from.
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Post-1865
History Explorer
The Smithsonian offers rich resources for teachers, but tracking them down[...] »
Classroom Tools
Historical Thinking & Literacy
Historical Agency in History Book Sets (HBS)
Looking for ways to use fiction in your elementary history curriculum? Read[...] »
Using Technology
Mark Smith on Using Constructivist Video Production
Do you use video creation as a culminating activity? Teacher Mark Smith[...] »