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Use the Triangle Shirtwaist fire to examine the benefits and costs of [...] »
Use this essay on Jewish immigration to flesh out a unit on the Civil War or [...] »
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Students shy or hesitant to speak up? Check out these tips to get students [...] »
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Help students understand recent immigration history by exploring photographs [...] »
Looking for ways to use fiction in your elementary history curriculum? Read [...] »
Ticket stubs. Report cards. Photographs. All of these things have historical [...] »
Help your elementary school students get more out of historical biographies [...] »
To engage with a source, ask, "What do I know, what do I want [...] »
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