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Students are often disconnected from the past. Why not immerse them in historic study by building off things they already know?

Establishing Connections: Teaching the Progressive Era
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Web Resources for Controversial Issues
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Looking for ways to use fiction in your elementary history curriculum? Read on for suggestions!

Historical Agency in History Book Sets (HBS)
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Spotlight on Elementary Education

History is made by those who are unafraid to push the envelope and redefine the society in which they live. Encourage your students to examine the men and women who worked to make America what it is today with this creative activity. FIND OUT MORE »

Lesson Plan Reviews

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Abraham Lincoln

This lesson leads students to see how Lincoln's life in Springfield [...] »

Tenement Life

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

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English Language Learners

Instructional strategies and resources for ELL
Increasing Participation in Whole-Class Discussions

English Language Learners often have difficulty contributing to class [...] »

Summarizing and Paraphrasing
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Paraphrasing and summarizing exercises help ELL students improve at [...] »

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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 [...] »

9/11 and Commemoration: A Guide for Pre-Service Teachers

Help students understand the events of 9/11 and how such events are [...] »

Adapting Documents for the Classroom: Equity and Access

Documents are riddled with difficult vocabulary. Don't be afraid to adapt [...] »

Concept Formation

In order to understand topics, you must first understand concepts. Learn all [...] »

Well-behaved Women [and Men] Seldom Make History

Help your elementary school students get more out of historical biographies [...] »

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Teaching High School History at Home

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