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Explore the music of Spanish-speaking residents of rural Northern New Mexico [...] »
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Looking for ways to use fiction in your elementary history curriculum? Read [...] »
Setting up and maintaining a blog for your classroom is easy (and typically [...] »
Discover the resources you need to "globalize" your U.S. history lesson [...] »
Thesis statements form the backbone of history essays and DBQs.
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Teach your students to read like a historian with this guided four-step [...] »
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