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Introduce students to the importance of oral history while simultaneously [...] »
Cutting through New York from the ocean to the Great Lakes, the Erie Canal [...] »
English Language Learners
Learn about SQ3R, a note-taking system for English Language Learners to help [...] »
Use this strategy to help students discover historic actors—the people, [...] »
Teaching Guides
Classroom discussions need not be argumentative and unproductive. Discover a [...] »
This teaching guide includes a structured guide to explaining the case [...] »
Using primary sources from the Library of Congress, help students reconsider [...] »
Leave your students with intellectually and emotionally significant memories [...] »
This guide traces the history of ideological visa denial to explore [...] »
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When you just can't get your students to care what the Founders, or anyone [...] »