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Help students think about where evidence for history comes from.
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Explore mysteries in Canadian history in both French and English.
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Explore the music of Spanish-speaking residents of rural Northern New Mexico [...] »
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Classroom discussions need not be argumentative and unproductive. Discover a [...] »

Political cartoons are often conceptually complex, but offer valuable [...] »

Leave your students with intellectually and emotionally significant memories [...] »

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