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
Declaration of Independence 
Historian Rosemarie Zagarri reads the Declaration of Independence closely,[...] »
Constitution Day 2010 
Explore these online Constitution Day resources for September 17 and[...] »
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
Deciphering Primary Source Documents
Create scaffolding and careful preparation of documents to promote student[...] »
Using Technology
Social Pinboards
Organize and share your online finds using online social pinboard services[...] »