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
Civics Online![Photo, Roy Takano [i.e., Takeno] at town hall meeting, LOC](/sites/default/files/styles/splash_thumb_images/public/civics_0.jpg?itok=L_zl9Qgh "Photo, Roy Takano [i.e., Takeno] at town hall meeting, Manzanar Relocation Center, California. LOC")
Gain inspiration for new ways to approach political history.
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3-5 Resources
Pre-1865
Marbury v. Madison
Constitutional or not? Read about this 1803 landmark court case deciding[...] »
Post-1865
Massive Resistance through Political Cartoons
Watch 4th-graders analyze cartoons about Virginia and Brown v. Board of[...] »
Classroom Tools
Historical Thinking & Literacy
Bringing History Home’s SOCC Analysis Technique
Explore the SOCC analysis technique with this great website.
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