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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
Declaration of Independence 
Historian Rosemarie Zagarri reads the Declaration of Independence closely,[...] »
The Salem Witch Trials 
Absolving the guilty and punishing the innocent. Historian Elizabeth Reis[...] »
Post-1865
The Early Conservation Movement 
The "go-green" movement is rampant in modern America. However, support for[...] »
20th-century Jewish Immigration 
Divided into two waves of immigration by textbooks, the continuity of[...] »
Classroom Tools
Historical Thinking & Literacy
Talking History
Students shy or hesitant to speak up? Check out these tips to get students[...] »
Using Technology
History Hitting Home: Children's History, Local History, and Digital Storytelling
Children's history, local history, and digital media—combine the three to[...] »