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What pushes and pulls people into new ways of life? In this lesson, students use artifacts, documents, and photographs to help them answer this question.

Transportation: Past, Present and Future

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A great way for students to learn more about the War of 1812 and our nation's emblem: the Star-Spangled Banner.

Causation: The War of 1812 and the Star-Spangled Banner

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Using Document Based Questions with Struggling Readers

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Spotlight on Elementary Education

In this Lesson Plan Review, students analyze primary and secondary sources describing an encounter between the Lewis and Clark expedition and a Native American tribe. The lesson overall is a great way to encourage students to work collaboratively to analyze this important historical interaction from multiple perspectives.

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Lesson Plan Reviews

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Roads to Antietam

You're a Union general on the eve of Antietam. You know Lee's plans. What [...] »

Examining the Korean War

Allow students to explore historical events through multiple perspectives [...] »

English Language Learners

Instructional strategies and resources for ELL

Google Translate

Looking to translate documents or text? Google Translate can help.

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

Mystery Strategy for Elementary Students

Using the premise of a mystery, elementary students act as history [...] »

Tramping Through History: Crafting Individual Field Trips

Go forth, and contextualize! Give students the opportunity for solo [...] »

The Research Paper: Developing Historical Questions

Research papers are not an archaic form of assessment. Learn how to help [...] »

Adapting Documents for the Classroom: Equity and Access

Documents are riddled with difficult vocabulary. Don't be afraid to adapt [...] »

Interpreting Political Cartoons in the History Classroom

Political cartoons are often conceptually complex, but offer valuable [...] »

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Realizing the Value of Primary Sources

When you just can't get your students to care what the Founders, or anyone [...] »

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