K-2 Resources

Content

Teaching with Historical Film Clips
Photo, Television, April 19, 2007, largeprime, Flickr, cc

Explore this approach for teaching with historical footage in the elementary[...] »

Teaching Tools

Storytelling with Scrapbooks
Scrapbook, Scrapbook Page, 24 Jan 2006, Flickr CC

Be a creative teacher—use scrapbooks in YOUR history classroom!


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3-5 Resources

Pre-1865

Children’s Voices from the Civil War
Negative, "Sgt. John Clem, U.S.A.," 1855-1865, Library of Congress

Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the[...] »

Post-1865

Who Invented the Telephone?
Helen of Many Glaciers Hotel, 1925

The history of the invention of the telephone is as clear as a Bell . . . or[...] »

Classroom Tools

Historical Thinking & Literacy

Integrating Language Arts and History

Elementary teacher Karen Eanes hooks her students with engaging historical[...] »

Using Technology

Little Bird Tales

K-6 teachers, worried that your students aren't ready for digital tools?[...] »