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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
Civil War's Causes: Historians Largely United on Slavery, But Public Divided 
Major historic events are always shrouded in controversy. Check out this[...] »
The Salem Witch Trials 
Absolving the guilty and punishing the innocent. Historian Elizabeth Reis[...] »
Post-1865
Television News of the Civil Rights Era 
View contemporary coverage of the Civil Rights Movement from two Roanoke, VA[...] »
What Does It Mean to Be an American? 
An 8th-grade teacher asks: Was early 20th-century America a "melting pot" or[...] »
Classroom Tools
Historical Thinking & Literacy
Reading in the History Classroom
Do students need reading skills specific to the history classroom? Click[...] »
Using Technology
An Ear for the Past: The National Jukebox
Catchy primary sources? You bet! With the Library of Congress's National[...] »