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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
Webquest, Inquiry, and Lincoln’s Views on Technology 
Searching for new, exciting ways to engage your students in the classroom?[...] »
Denmark Vesey 
Tried and executed in 1822, along with many other slaves, for a plotted[...] »
Post-1865
Rethinking "Westward Expansion": A Guide for Preservice Teachers 
Help students reconsider the how the expansion of the United States from[...] »
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[...] »
