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Young students locate themselves on a map and explore spatial relationships [...] »
Documents and audio files explain the range of early political viewpoints on [...] »
English Language Learners
Students shy or hesitant to speak up? Check out these tips to get students [...] »
Explore the music of Spanish-speaking residents of rural Northern New Mexico [...] »
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Help students understand the how policy and structural forces have shaped [...] »
Hypothesize, test, and acknowledge how sources form different "pictures of [...] »
Construct an ongoing, shared classroom timeline in middle and elementary [...] »
Leave your students with intellectually and emotionally significant memories [...] »
This guide focuses on the history of free speech in one crucial year ( [...] »
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Traditional concepts of knowledge and pedagogy view the student as a "fact [...] »