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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'[...] »
Women's Rights: Sarah Bagley Letters 
What do these letters from a women's rights activist reveal about social[...] »
Post-1865
Panic of 1873 
Beginning in Europe, the Panic of 1873 quickly spread to the United States[...] »
Agents of Social Change: 20th-Century Women's Activism 
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Source documents to help you approach 20th-century feminism.
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Classroom Tools
Historical Thinking & Literacy
Sourcing a Primary Document
See sourcing in action, as a historian reads a document about the Scopes[...] »
Using Technology
“A Push” in the Right Direction
AP U.S. History teacher Scott Campbell and his students use Twitter to reach[...] »