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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
Constitution Day 2010 
Explore these online Constitution Day resources for September 17 and[...] »
Declaration of Independence 
Historian Rosemarie Zagarri reads the Declaration of Independence closely,[...] »
Post-1865
Teaching the Transcontinental Railroad 
From Chinese immigrants to the Golden Spike, explore the history of the[...] »
Television News of the Civil Rights Era 
View contemporary coverage of the Civil Rights Movement from two Roanoke, VA[...] »
Classroom Tools
Historical Thinking & Literacy
Deciphering Primary Source Documents
Create scaffolding and careful preparation of documents to promote student[...] »
Using Technology
Analyzing Campaign Commercials
Kristina Frank of Eagle Ridge Middle School brings modern and historical[...] »