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
Independence Daze: A History of July Fourth
How has the meaning of Independence Day changed over time?
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3-5 Resources
Pre-1865
John Smith Map
Watch Smithsonian curator Barbara Clark Smith discuss John Smith’s Map of[...] »
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
Follow the Line
Use these resources to integrate timelines into lesson plans!
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Using Technology
Mark Smith on Using Constructivist Video Production
Do you use video creation as a culminating activity? Teacher Mark Smith[...] »