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
An American Family: The Beecher Tradition 
Did you know that Harriet Beecher Stowe's family was also involved in[...] »
Prologue to Studying the Emancipation Proclamation 
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An 8th-grade class analyzes letters about the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Post-1865
Veterans, Oral History, and the Library of Congress 
Veteran oral history projects relate the classroom to real people and real[...] »
Coal and the Industrial Revolution 
How can the story of coal help students understand the nature of today's[...] »
Classroom Tools
Historical Thinking & Literacy
Media Analysis Tools
These worksheets from the Library of Congress help students analyze primary[...] »
Using Technology
Anthony Pellegrino: Let the Music Play!...in Our Classrooms
Teach with punk, hip hop, and classic rock with these suggestions from[...] »