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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
Nature Transformed: The Environment in American History 
Beautiful scenery or impassable peaks? These 17 in-depth essays analyze how[...] »
Primary Documents in American History 
The Library of Congress presents 35 of the most important documents from[...] »
Post-1865
Everyday Life in the 19th Century 
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Wandering through time into our ancestors' attic.
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American Originals Part II 
Introduce students to 25 documents selected by the National Archives for[...] »
Classroom Tools
Historical Thinking & Literacy
Lincoln on the Big Screen
How do historians think about films like Steven Spielberg's Lincoln[...] »
Using Technology
“A Push” in the Right Direction
AP U.S. History teacher Scott Campbell and his students use Twitter to reach[...] »