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Cutting through New York from the ocean to the Great Lakes, the Erie Canal [...] »
Documents and audio files explain the range of early political viewpoints on [...] »
English Language Learners
Explore materials on the Latino experience in New York from 1861 to the [...] »
Paraphrasing and summarizing exercises help ELL students improve at [...] »
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Looking for ways to use fiction in your elementary history curriculum? Read [...] »
Teach your students to read like a historian with this guided four-step [...] »
Primary sources from the Library of Congress help students explore a [...] »
Go forth, and contextualize! Give students the opportunity for solo [...] »
To engage with a source, ask, "What do I know, what do I want [...] »
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