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
Jennifer Orr on Making Technology Work for Primary Students: Part Two
Conventional applications of Web 2.0 tools expect students to read and write[...] »
3-5 Resources
Pre-1865
A Look at Slavery through Posters and Broadsides
How to identify the author, audience, date, and message of historical[...] »
Post-1865
The Debate in the United States over the League of Nations
Documents and audio files explain the range of early political viewpoints on[...] »
Classroom Tools
Historical Thinking & Literacy
Historical Agency in History Book Sets (HBS)
Looking for ways to use fiction in your elementary history curriculum? Read[...] »
