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Analysis of photographs of Civil War artillery broadens students [...] »
Students learn about the sixteenth president's relationship with Jewish [...] »
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Use this strategy to help students discover historic actors—the people, [...] »
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Help students understand the events of 9/11 and how such events are [...] »
Political cartoons are often conceptually complex, but offer valuable [...] »
Setting up and maintaining a blog for your classroom is easy (and typically [...] »
Classroom discussions need not be argumentative and unproductive. Discover a [...] »
Help students understand recent immigration history by exploring photographs [...] »
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