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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
Scholars in Action: Analyzing 19th-Century Letters 
Watch a scholar interpret letters from labor activist and reformer Sarah[...] »
Boston's Bloody Affray 
A struggle over naming a struggle—when and where did the Boston Massacre[...] »
Post-1865
Agents of Social Change: 20th-Century Women's Activism 
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Source documents to help you approach 20th-century feminism.
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American Originals Part II 
Introduce students to 25 documents selected by the National Archives for[...] »
Classroom Tools
Historical Thinking & Literacy
Recreating the Cuban Missile Crisis
Ninth-grade teacher Jamie Kimbrough asked her students to stand in Kennedy's[...] »
