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Examine the role of African Americans in the Civilian Conservation Corps [...] »

Documents and audio files explain the range of early political viewpoints on [...] »
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Discover alternatives to writing based student activities. Why not encourage [...] »

Students shy or hesitant to speak up? Check out these tips to get students [...] »
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Setting up and maintaining a blog for your classroom is easy (and typically [...] »

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

Ticket stubs. Report cards. Photographs. All of these things have historical [...] »

Discover the resources you need to "globalize" your U.S. history lesson [...] »

Primary sources from the Library of Congress help students explore a [...] »
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