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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
Labor and Trade in Colonial America 
Was colonial trade really triangular? What kinds of work did colonists do,[...] »
Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record 
Showcases more than 1,230 images depicting the enslavement of Africans, the[...] »
Post-1865
Using Visuals to Build Interest and Understanding 
Using primary source images to help English Language Learners build[...] »
Everyday Life in the 19th Century 
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Wandering through time into our ancestors' attic.
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Classroom Tools
Historical Thinking & Literacy
Using Historical Ephemera in the Classroom
Ticket stubs. Report cards. Photographs. All of these things have historical[...] »
