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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
Theodore Roosevelt and the 1912 Election 
Students learn more about the larger than life figure of Theodore Roosevelt[...] »
Nature Transformed: The Environment in American History 
Beautiful scenery or impassable peaks? These 17 in-depth essays analyze how[...] »
Post-1865
Teaching African American History: Do We Still Need a Black History Month? 
Black History Month is as important now as when Carter Woodson first thought[...] »
Theodore Roosevelt: His Life and Times on Film 
Do films capture your students' attention? Introduce them to Roosevelt in[...] »
Classroom Tools
Historical Thinking & Literacy
Recreating the Cuban Missile Crisis
Ninth-grade teacher Jamie Kimbrough asked her students to stand in Kennedy's[...] »
Using Technology
“A Push” in the Right Direction
AP U.S. History teacher Scott Campbell and his students use Twitter to reach[...] »