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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[...] »
Charters of Freedom 
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Explore documents that helped to shape the history of our nation.
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Post-1865
The Early Conservation Movement 
The "go-green" movement is rampant in modern America. However, support for[...] »
Flint Sit-Down Strike 
Provides a multimedia introduction to "the greatest strike in American[...] »
Classroom Tools
Historical Thinking & Literacy
Four Reads: Learning to Read Primary Documents
Teach your students to read like a historian with this guided four-step[...] »
Using Technology
Win the White House
What does it take to win a presidential campaign? Try it yourself with this[...] »