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
Midnight Ride of Paul Revere: Fact, Fiction, and Artistic License
Did Revere's ride really look like that? Use historical documents to analyze[...] »
Post-1865
History Explorer
The Smithsonian offers rich resources for teachers, but tracking them down[...] »
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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Using Technology
VoiceThread in a 1st-grade Classroom
Students are never too young for digital tools—watch first graders use[...] »