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Through the lens of documents concerning the Iran-Contra Affair, this lesson enables students to examine how audience and purpose affect a document’s contents.

Decoding U.S. Foreign Policy: The Iran-Contra Affair

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How to identify the author, audience, date, and message of historical posters.

A Look at Slavery through Posters and Broadsides

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Learn about SQ3R, a note-taking system for English Language Learners to help students understand content and vocabulary.

SQ3R: Survey, Question, Read, Review, Recite

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Spotlight on Elementary Education

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Lesson Plan Reviews

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The Boston Massacre: Fact, Fiction, or Bad Memory

Help students think about where evidence for history comes from.

Students examine primary sources related to the life of an immigrant girl [...] »

English Language Learners

Instructional strategies and resources for ELL

Scaffolding with Graphic Organizers

Graphic organizers are helpful for students with limited English proficiency [...] »

SQ3R: Survey, Question, Read, Review, Recite

Learn about SQ3R, a note-taking system for English Language Learners to help [...] »

Teaching Guides

Explore new teaching methods and approaches

Four Reads: Learning to Read Primary Documents

Teach your students to read like a historian with this guided four-step [...] »

Free Speech Teaching Guide 3: The Problem of National Security Secrets

This guide explores the relationship between secrecy and the First Amendment [...] »

Religion and the Labor Movement: A Guide for Pre-Service Teachers

Engaging Library of Congress primary sources that connect religion and [...] »

Free Speech Teaching Guide 2: Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969): Defining and Arguing Hate Speech

This teaching guide includes a structured guide to explaining the case [...] »

Free Speech Teaching Guide 1: The Birth of the Modern First Amendment and How Oliver Wendell Holmes Changed His Mind

This guide focuses on the history of free speech in one crucial year ( [...] »

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