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
Whiteboards and the Youngest Children
Watch kindergarten classes engage in project-based learning using new[...] »
3-5 Resources
Pre-1865
Using Maps as Primary Sources
A 4th-grade teacher shows strategies for encouraging and supporting student[...] »
Post-1865
Opening Up the Textbook: Rosa Parks
The textbook is examined as one source among many, rather than a final[...] »
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[...] »