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Teachers guide students to create interactive digital maps detailing the migration of Mormons using Library of Congress primary sources.

Mormons and Westward Expansion: A Guide for Pre-Service Teachers

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Photo, "The Browning school. . . ," March 1915, Lewis Wickes Hine, LoC

Looking for history right where you are. You'd be surprised how inspiring local history can be.

History is All Around Us

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Graphic organizers can be tricky. Check out these tips on how to keep them simple!

Tips and Tricks for Using Graphic Organizers

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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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Labor Unions in the Cotton Mills

Introduce students to the importance of oral history while simultaneously [...] »

Abraham Lincoln and the Jews

Students learn about the sixteenth president's relationship with Jewish [...] »

English Language Learners

Instructional strategies and resources for ELL

Using Primary Sources with English Language Learners

Primary source analysis activities can help include English Language [...] »

Why Did It Happen? Making Claims about Cause and Effect

A shift in writing is required, often using new language tools, when making [...] »

Teaching Guides

Explore new teaching methods and approaches

Rethinking "Westward Expansion": A Guide for Preservice Teachers

Help students reconsider the how the expansion of the United States from [...] »

Religion and the Civil War: A Guide for Pre-Service Teachers

Help students understand the how religious beliefs shaped Americans' [...] »

Well-behaved Women [and Men] Seldom Make History

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

Historical Agency in History Book Sets (HBS)

Looking for ways to use fiction in your elementary history curriculum? Read [...] »

What Is an "Inquiry Lesson"?

Hypothesize, test, and acknowledge how sources form different "pictures of [...] »

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Forming Lesson Plans Around State Mandates

How do you teach the effects of WWI on art and literature? Transforming a [...] »

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