The iPad: A Digital History Gateway
Can iPads open an exciting new world filled with digital textbooks and sources?
Building Background Knowledge for English Language Learners
How can we help our 5th-grade ELL students build background and make connections with our social studies curriculum?
World War and Literature
Can you suggest any literature covering World War I to World War II that my 10th-grade world history class can read?
Historic Stories, Fictional Accounts: Achieving Multiperspectivity
Nonfiction texts are great sources for learning about historical events and figures. However, do fictional accounts also have a place in the history classroom?
Understanding Civic Republicanism
In order for students to grasp the importance of American civic republicanism, they must first understand its origins.
Sifting for Sources
Curious to discover how to introduce young learners to primary and secondary sources? Click here now!
North Carolina History+Technology
Incorporating technology is an excellent way to engage students and deepen their understanding.
Resources for Teaching Local History
Unsure how to construct a curriculum that focuses on the history of your area? Click here to alleviate your confusion!
National History Day in Kentucky
NHD is a great way to get students to interact with history. KY teachers check this out!
Brain-based Research
What’s in a brain? Quite a lot actually! Discover how brain research relates to the history classroom.
Teaching High School History at Home
Searching for home schooling solutions? Look no more!
Tips and Tricks for Using Graphic Organizers
Graphic organizers can be tricky. Check out these tips on how to keep them simple!
Picking Civics Textbooks
Textbooks may be fantastic, but curriculum is even better.
Making the Most of Maps
Have you always wanted to use maps in your classroom, but been unsure how to do so?
Bridging the Gap Between Ancient and Modern Democracies
To most students, “histories” are entirely separate—different civilizations, taught at different grade levels.
Setting the Tone: Introducing Students to World War II
Whichever lesson you pick, make sure it meets your learning goals.
APPARTS Strategy: Origins and Implementation
Engrain the APPARTS strategy into young students, and they’ll be well on their way to AP-level performance.
Let's Get Folky
Looking for a way to spice up your lesson plans? Try incorporating folk music!
Interactive World History
Do you want to introduce a child to the wonders of world history? Find out how!
The Progressive Era: A Group Effort
Provides a comprehensive list of websites and strategies to creatively introduce students to Progressive Era topics.
Trade Routes and Emerging Colonial Economies
The direct and indirect impacts of various trade routes during the 16th through 19th centuries.
Forming Lesson Plans Around State Mandates
How do you teach the effects of WWI on art and literature? Transforming a content standard into a solid lesson plan.
Using Visual Fine Arts to Enrich Understanding
The socio-cultural impact of historic events or time periods and the interpretation through various forms of media.
Deciphering Primary Source Documents
Create scaffolding and careful preparation of documents to promote student understanding of primary sources.
Researching for a Research Topic
Paring down a larger idea to answer one specific question.
Contingency
What is contingency? What does it have to do with K-12 historical thinking?
America: The Story of US
Remember that any historical story, of the U.S. or otherwise, can be useful as long as it’s taken with a grain of salt.
Teaching the Transcontinental Railroad
From Chinese immigrants to the Golden Spike, explore the history of the transcontinental railroad.
A Larger Global or Interregional Story
Case studies grab attention, but how can you be sure you’re also teaching the big picture?
Building a Class on Native American History
Museums, colleges, and tribes are invaluable for gathering course-building materials on Native American history.
Tackling Tough Topics
Race, ethics, stereotyping—all are thorny issues integral to our history. How can you encourage empathy?
Seeking Simulations
For when your students need a healthy dose of participation to liven up the classroom.
Integrating Technology into the Classroom
Upgrade to “school 2.0” through making the most of technological resources.
Resources for Units on Early American Government
When unit planning is daunting, look to exceptional examples online.
Elementary Military History Resources
You don’t have to wait until middle school to teach military history.
Teaching Public Issues in the Classroom
Teach your students to learn, care, and think internationally.
Tall Tales: The West as Legend
Wrestling bears, surly cowboys, vultures circling lone travelers. . . Find resources on American myth.
Performance Assessments Requiring Historical Analysis
When you want your students to think, rather than just remember.
Resources on Native American History
When the resources readily available to you are just not comprehensive enough.
History is All Around Us
Looking for history right where you are. You’d be surprised how inspiring local history can be.
Finding Local History Resources
Finding resources to teach local history in elementary classrooms.
Online U.S. History Textbooks
Where to begin your search to find reliable online history textbooks.
Seeking U.S. History Books for 9th and 11th Graders
Look for school districts and teachers’ shared lists.
Teaching the Homebound or Hospitalized
Teaching the homebound or hospitalized student offers a chance to explore teaching with technology.
Using Document Based Questions with Struggling Readers
Should I just try to jazz up our textbook or can you suggest places to look to find documents that my kids can decipher?