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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
Religion and the Civil War: A Guide for Pre-Service Teachers 
Help students understand the how religious beliefs shaped Americans'[...] »
Structured Academic Controversy (SAC) 
Are classroom discussions about winning the argument or about understanding[...] »
Post-1865
Using Visuals to Build Interest and Understanding 
Using primary source images to help English Language Learners build[...] »
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Personalizing History 
Make large-scale historic events like the Holocaust personal with artifacts[...] »
Classroom Tools
Historical Thinking & Literacy
How to Read a Landscape
Discover historic landscapes with this guide to reading the land produced by[...] »
