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Young students locate themselves on a map and explore spatial relationships [...] »
Elementary students investigate the first presidential assassination and [...] »
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![The storming of Chapu[ltepec] Sept. 13th [1847]](/sites/default/files/styles/splash_thumb_images/public/mexamwar_image.jpg?itok=jD-RNlDi "The storming of Chapu[ltepec] Sept. 13th [1847] LC-DIG-pga-02604")
Discover how to teach English learners history and historical thinking.
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Students shy or hesitant to speak up? Check out these tips to get students [...] »
Teaching Guides
Discover the resources you need to "globalize" your U.S. history lesson [...] »
Teach students to explore contingency with this great lesson plan idea.
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Searching for new, exciting ways to engage your students in the classroom? [...] »
Research papers are not an archaic form of assessment. Learn how to help [...] »
This guide consists of curated primary and secondary sources to help [...] »
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![Negative, [Woman wearing native american clothing. . . ], 1923, LoC](/sites/default/files/styles/splash_thumb_images/public/ResourcesonNative.jpg?itok=70Gy8yp0 "Glass negative, [Woman wearing native american clothing next to automobile], 1923, Library of Congress")
When the resources readily available to you are just not comprehensive [...] »