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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!
—Anonymous
9-12 Resources
Pre-1865
Webquest, Inquiry, and Lincoln’s Views on Technology 
Searching for new, exciting ways to engage your students in the classroom?[...] »
Primary Documents in American History 
The Library of Congress presents 35 of the most important documents from[...] »
Post-1865
Close Reading of a Primary Document 
On the website Historical Thinking Matters, a student reads aloud a[...] »
Theodore Roosevelt: His Life and Times on Film 
Do films capture your students' attention? Introduce them to Roosevelt in[...] »
Classroom Tools
Historical Thinking & Literacy
How to Read a Landscape
Discover historic landscapes with this guide to reading the land produced by[...] »
Using Technology
Joe Jelen on Digital Timelines
Tired of using up rolls of butcher paper on making timelines? High-school[...] »