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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[...] »
Declaration of Independence 
Historian Rosemarie Zagarri reads the Declaration of Independence closely,[...] »
Post-1865
The Thomas Jefferson Building: Secret Messages 
What messages are hidden in art and architecture? Explore the Library of[...] »
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
Talking History
Students shy or hesitant to speak up? Check out these tips to get students[...] »
Using Technology
History Hitting Home: Children's History, Local History, and Digital Storytelling
Children's history, local history, and digital media—combine the three to[...] »