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Help students understand wartime propaganda with this excellent lesson plan [...] »
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Check out this lesson on arguments surrounding the 1830 forced removal of [...] »
English Language Learners
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Discover alternatives to writing based student activities. Why not encourage [...] »
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Explore materials on the Latino experience in New York from 1861 to the [...] »
Teaching Guides
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Help your elementary school students get more out of historical biographies [...] »
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Help students reconsider the how the expansion of the United States from [...] »
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Construct an ongoing, shared classroom timeline in middle and elementary [...] »
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Teachers guide students to create interactive digital maps detailing the [...] »
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Looking for ways to use fiction in your elementary history curriculum? Read [...] »
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Incorporating technology is an excellent way to engage students and deepen [...] »