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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
Rivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis and Clark and the Revealing of America 
180 documents and artifacts interpret 19th-century westward exploration and[...] »
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
The Thomas Jefferson Building: Secret Messages 
What messages are hidden in art and architecture? Explore the Library of[...] »
The Early Conservation Movement 
The "go-green" movement is rampant in modern America. However, support for[...] »
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
Geo-Literacy Project: Students Explore Their World
Teacher Eva La Mar's third graders become historians, writers, and[...] »