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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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9-12 Resources
Pre-1865
Primary Documents in American History 
The Library of Congress presents 35 of the most important documents from[...] »
Denmark Vesey 
Tried and executed in 1822, along with many other slaves, for a plotted[...] »
Post-1865
1916 Children's Code of Morality: A Guide for Pre-Service Teachers 
Primary sources from the Library of Congress help students explore a[...] »
Teaching African American History: Do We Still Need a Black History Month? 
Black History Month is as important now as when Carter Woodson first thought[...] »
Classroom Tools
Historical Thinking & Literacy
Using Historical Ephemera in the Classroom
Ticket stubs. Report cards. Photographs. All of these things have historical[...] »
