9-12 Resources

Pre-1865

Women's Rights: Sarah Bagley Letters

What do these letters from a women's rights activist reveal about social[...] »

Structured Academic Controversy (SAC)

Are classroom discussions about winning the argument or about understanding[...] »

Post-1865

1916 Children's Code of Morality: A Guide for Pre-Service Teachers

Primary sources from the Library of Congress help students explore a[...] »

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Personalizing History

Make large-scale historic events like the Holocaust personal with artifacts[...] »

Classroom Tools

Historical Thinking & Literacy

Lincoln on the Big Screen
Poster, Out of the wilderness, Albert M. Bender, c.1939-1943, LoC

How do historians think about films like Steven Spielberg's Lincoln[...] »

Using Technology

Using Facebook to Engage with Historical Figures

Students interact with history by creating Facebook fan pages for historical[...] »