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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
Rivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis and Clark and the Revealing of America 
180 documents and artifacts interpret 19th-century westward exploration and[...] »
1775 Colonial Newspaper Article 
Smithsonian Barbara Clark Smith looks at what a colonial newspaper article[...] »
Post-1865
Coal and the Industrial Revolution 
How can the story of coal help students understand the nature of today's[...] »
The Thomas Jefferson Building: Secret Messages 
What messages are hidden in art and architecture? Explore the Library of[...] »
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[...] »