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Teaching with Textbooks
I have used this activity with Native Americans and slavery with great success. I have worked over the years to collect a variety of old textbooks from different time periods.
—Anonymous
6-8 Resources
Pre-1865
The Salem Witch Trials 
Absolving the guilty and punishing the innocent. Historian Elizabeth Reis[...] »
Civil War's Causes: Historians Largely United on Slavery, But Public Divided 
Major historic events are always shrouded in controversy. Check out this[...] »
Post-1865
Coal and the Industrial Revolution 
How can the story of coal help students understand the nature of today's[...] »
Veterans, Oral History, and the Library of Congress 
Veteran oral history projects relate the classroom to real people and real[...] »
Classroom Tools
Historical Thinking & Literacy
Deciphering Primary Source Documents
Create scaffolding and careful preparation of documents to promote student[...] »
Using Technology
Social Pinboards
Organize and share your online finds using online social pinboard services[...] »