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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
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Theodore Roosevelt and the 1912 Election 
Students learn more about the larger than life figure of Theodore Roosevelt [...] »
Declaration of Independence: Rough Draft to Proclamation 
How did the final version of the Declaration differ from Jefferson's draft [...] »
English Language Learners
Instructional strategies and resources for ELL
Life, Liberty and Property: What’s the Big Idea? 
Explore a lesson, designed especially for English Language Learners, that [...] »
SQ3R: Survey, Question, Read, Review, Recite 
Learn about SQ3R, a note-taking system for English Language Learners to help [...] »
Teaching Guides
Explore new teaching methods and approaches
Four Reads: Learning to Read Primary Documents 
Teach your students to read like a historian with this guided four-step [...] »
Stop Action and Assess Alternatives 
Teach students to explore contingency with this great lesson plan idea.
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Document-Based Whole-Class Discussion 
Classroom discussions need not be argumentative and unproductive. Discover a [...] »
Using Blogs in a History Classroom 
Setting up and maintaining a blog for your classroom is easy (and typically [...] »
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Bridging the Language Barrier 
Vocabulary legends, guiding questions, and teamwork are all good solutions [...] »