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Historical Thinking Matters

Primary sources in both English and Spanish on the Spanish American War, Scopes Trial, Social Security and the New Deal, Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Historical Thinking Matters

In English Language Learners

Photography, foreign language books at martin luther king memorial library in wa

How can we help our 5th-grade ELL students build background and make connections with our social studies curriculum?

Building Background Knowledge for English Language Learners

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Bracero History Archive

Explore resources on the Bracero guest worker program from the mid-20th century.

Bracero History Archive

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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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The Road to Pearl Harbor

Explore the rise of animosity between the U.S. and Japan through primary [...] »

Transportation: Past, Present and Future

What pushes and pulls people into new ways of life? In this lesson, students [...] »

English Language Learners

Instructional strategies and resources for ELL

Life, Liberty and Property: What’s the Big Idea?

Explore a lesson, designed especially for English Language Learners, that [...] »

Targeting Content and English Language Objectives

Build your students' language skills and historical understanding by using [...] »

Teaching Guides

Explore new teaching methods and approaches

Structured Academic Controversy (SAC)

Are classroom discussions about winning the argument or about understanding [...] »

1916 Children's Code of Morality: A Guide for Pre-Service Teachers

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

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

Teachers guide students to create interactive digital maps detailing the [...] »

Teaching with Timelines

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

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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Forming Lesson Plans Around State Mandates

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

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