Quicklinks for Elementary School Teachers
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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!
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K-2 Resources
Content
Teaching with Historical Film Clips
Explore this approach for teaching with historical footage in the elementary[...] »
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
Three Perspectives on Native American Removal and Westward Expansion
Check out this lesson on arguments surrounding the 1830 forced removal of[...] »
Post-1865
Watergate and the Constitution
To indict or not to indict? Watergate raised complicated questions[...] »
Classroom Tools
Using Technology
Recording Experiences with First Graders
Keep young students focused during field trips—use cameras!
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