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Teach your students about causality with this useful activity.

Prequel to Independence

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Help students reconsider the how the expansion of the United States from 1865 to 1890 was perceived by Native peoples in the west using primary sources from the Library of Congress.

Rethinking "Westward Expansion": A Guide for Preservice Teachers

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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

Evaluate key elements of effective teaching Watch the INTRODUCTORY VIDEO

John F. Kennedy and Service

Students learn about John F. Kennedy and his ideas about service as a prompt [...] »

Locate Yourself on a Map of the Americas

Young students locate themselves on a map and explore spatial relationships [...] »

English Language Learners

Instructional strategies and resources for ELL

Uncovering Human Agency

Use this strategy to help students discover historic actors—the people, [...] »

Increasing Participation in Whole-Class Discussions

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

Teaching Guides

Explore new teaching methods and approaches

Teaching with Timelines

Construct an ongoing, shared classroom timeline in middle and elementary [...] »

Concept Formation

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

Tramping Through History: Crafting Individual Field Trips

Go forth, and contextualize! Give students the opportunity for solo [...] »

Incorporating 20th Century US Environmental History in the K-5 Classroom

This guide consists of curated primary and secondary sources to help [...] »

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 [...] »

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Building Background Knowledge for English Language Learners

How can we help our 5th-grade ELL students build background and make [...] »

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