Welcome to Teaching Materials
Spotlight on Elementary Education
Lesson Plan Reviews
How did the final version of the Declaration differ from Jefferson's draft [...] »
To indict or not to indict? Watergate raised complicated questions [...] »
English Language Learners
Primary source analysis activities can help include English Language [...] »
Explore a lesson, designed especially for English Language Learners, that [...] »
Teaching Guides
Looking for ways to use fiction in your elementary history curriculum? Read [...] »
Classroom discussions need not be argumentative and unproductive. Discover a [...] »
Leave your students with intellectually and emotionally significant memories [...] »
Help students understand the how religious beliefs shaped Americans' [...] »
Engaging Library of Congress primary sources that connect religion and [...] »
Ask a Master Teacher
Students are often disconnected from the past. Why not immerse them in [...] »