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The textbook is examined as one source among many, rather than a final [...] »
Even the recent past was very different from the present. Students analyze [...] »
English Language Learners
Use this strategy to help students discover historic actors—the people, [...] »
Primary source analysis activities can help include English Language [...] »
Teaching Guides
Setting up and maintaining a blog for your classroom is easy (and typically [...] »
Go forth, and contextualize! Give students the opportunity for solo [...] »
Ticket stubs. Report cards. Photographs. All of these things have historical [...] »
Political cartoons are often conceptually complex, but offer valuable [...] »
Using the premise of a mystery, elementary students act as history [...] »
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To most students, "histories" are entirely separate—different civilizations [...] »