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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
Labor and Trade in Colonial America 
Was colonial trade really triangular? What kinds of work did colonists do,[...] »
Scholars in Action: Analyzing 19th-Century Letters 
Watch a scholar interpret letters from labor activist and reformer Sarah[...] »
Post-1865
Theodore Roosevelt: His Life and Times on Film 
Do films capture your students' attention? Introduce them to Roosevelt in[...] »
1916 Children's Code of Morality: A Guide for Pre-Service Teachers 
Primary sources from the Library of Congress help students explore a[...] »
Classroom Tools
Historical Thinking & Literacy
The Research Paper: Developing Historical Questions
Research papers are not an archaic form of assessment. Learn how to help[...] »
