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Paraphrasing and summarizing exercises help ELL students improve at analyzing challenging text and understanding what they read. Suggested teaching strategies bring these exercises into the classroom.

Summarizing and Paraphrasing

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Silkscreen, Help your neighborhood..., New York: Federal Art Project, 1936-1937

Finding resources to teach local history in elementary classrooms.

Finding Local History Resources

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The Prayer at Valley Forge by Arnold Friberg

Find lessons about American heritage and the responsibilities of American citizenship with resources in Spanish and English.

America's Heritage: An Adventure in Liberty

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Spotlight on Elementary Education

History is made by those who are unafraid to push the envelope and redefine the society in which they live. Encourage your students to examine the men and women who worked to make America what it is today with this creative activity. FIND OUT MORE »

Lesson Plan Reviews

Evaluate key elements of effective teaching Watch the INTRODUCTORY VIDEO

Prequel to Independence

Teach your students about causality with this useful activity.

The Debate in the United States over the League of Nations

Documents and audio files explain the range of early political viewpoints on [...] »

English Language Learners

Instructional strategies and resources for ELL

Historical Thinking Matters

Primary sources in both English and Spanish on the Spanish American War, [...] »

Electronic Schoolhouse / La Escuela Electronica

Explore materials on the Latino experience in New York from 1861 to the [...] »

Teaching Guides

Explore new teaching methods and approaches

Rethinking "Westward Expansion": A Guide for Preservice Teachers

Help students reconsider the how the expansion of the United States from [...] »

Truth in Transit: Crafting Meaningful Field Trips

Leave your students with intellectually and emotionally significant memories [...] »

Using Historical Ephemera in the Classroom

Ticket stubs. Report cards. Photographs. All of these things have historical [...] »

Structured Academic Controversy (SAC)

Are classroom discussions about winning the argument or about understanding [...] »

History of Higher Education: A Guide for Pre-Service Teachers

Help students understand the different types of universities and colleges in [...] »

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Slave badges were used in Charleston to keep track of slaves. Can you build [...] »

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