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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[...] »
Theodore Roosevelt and the 1912 Election 
Students learn more about the larger than life figure of Theodore Roosevelt[...] »
Post-1865
Everyday Life in the 19th Century 
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Wandering through time into our ancestors' attic.
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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[...] »
Classroom Tools
Historical Thinking & Literacy
Using Historical Ephemera in the Classroom
Ticket stubs. Report cards. Photographs. All of these things have historical[...] »
Using Technology
Primary Source Sets on the Web
Check out these sites for primary sources grouped into sets by topic, grade-[...] »