Quicklinks for Middle School Teachers
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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
Prologue to Studying the Emancipation Proclamation 
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An 8th-grade class analyzes letters about the Emancipation Proclamation.
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1775 Colonial Newspaper Article 
Smithsonian Barbara Clark Smith looks at what a colonial newspaper article[...] »
Post-1865
The Early Conservation Movement 
The "go-green" movement is rampant in modern America. However, support for[...] »
20th-century Jewish Immigration 
Divided into two waves of immigration by textbooks, the continuity of[...] »
Classroom Tools
Historical Thinking & Literacy
Reading in the History Classroom
Do students need reading skills specific to the history classroom? Click[...] »
Using Technology
Analyzing Campaign Commercials
Kristina Frank of Eagle Ridge Middle School brings modern and historical[...] »