Quicklinks for Middle School Teachers
Teacher's Pick
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
Founding Mothers 
Sharp quills did the bidding of the even sharper intellects of the[...] »
Declaration of Independence 
Historian Rosemarie Zagarri reads the Declaration of Independence closely,[...] »
Post-1865
Veterans, Oral History, and the Library of Congress 
Veteran oral history projects relate the classroom to real people and real[...] »
The Thomas Jefferson Building: Secret Messages 
What messages are hidden in art and architecture? Explore the Library of[...] »
Classroom Tools
Historical Thinking & Literacy
What Is an "Inquiry Lesson"?
Hypothesize, test, and acknowledge how sources form different "pictures of[...] »
Using Technology
Social Pinboards
Organize and share your online finds using online social pinboard services[...] »