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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
Abraham Lincoln and the Jews 
Students learn about the sixteenth president's relationship with Jewish[...] »
Africans in America 
Trace the history of Africans in America through Reconstruction, with 245[...] »
Post-1865
The Tet Offensive 
American historians have depicted the Tet Offensive as the turning point for[...] »
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
Digital History
Multimedia resources for teaching slavery, private life, technology, and[...] »