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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
Founding Mothers 
Sharp quills did the bidding of the even sharper intellects of the[...] »
Constitution Day 2010 
Explore these online Constitution Day resources for September 17 and[...] »
Post-1865
The Thomas Jefferson Building: Secret Messages 
What messages are hidden in art and architecture? Explore the Library of[...] »
Mexican-American War and the Media 
More than 5,500 transcribed newspaper articles related to the Mexican-[...] »
Classroom Tools
Historical Thinking & Literacy
Media Analysis Tools
These worksheets from the Library of Congress help students analyze primary[...] »
