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Students learn about the sixteenth president's relationship with Jewish [...] »
Even the recent past was very different from the present. Students analyze [...] »
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Hypothesize, test, and acknowledge how sources form different "pictures of [...] »
Help your elementary school students get more out of historical biographies [...] »
Go forth, and contextualize! Give students the opportunity for solo [...] »
Maps show far more than how to go from point A to point B! Discover how to [...] »
To engage with a source, ask, "What do I know, what do I want [...] »
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