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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
1775 Colonial Newspaper Article 
Smithsonian Barbara Clark Smith looks at what a colonial newspaper article[...] »
Constitution Day 2010 
Explore these online Constitution Day resources for September 17 and[...] »
Post-1865
Flint Sit-Down Strike 
Provides a multimedia introduction to "the greatest strike in American[...] »
Teaching the Transcontinental Railroad 
From Chinese immigrants to the Golden Spike, explore the history of the[...] »
Classroom Tools
Historical Thinking & Literacy
Reading in the History Classroom
Do students need reading skills specific to the history classroom? Click[...] »
Using Technology
Win the White House
What does it take to win a presidential campaign? Try it yourself with this[...] »