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To indict or not to indict? Watergate raised complicated questions [...] »
Elementary students investigate the first presidential assassination and [...] »
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Primary sources in both English and Spanish on the Spanish American War, [...] »
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To engage with a source, ask, "What do I know, what do I want [...] »
Ticket stubs. Report cards. Photographs. All of these things have historical [...] »
Help students understand the different types of universities and colleges in [...] »
Construct an ongoing, shared classroom timeline in middle and elementary [...] »
Using primary sources from the Library of Congress, help students reconsider [...] »
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