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To make something real, make it personal. Abstract concepts can best be [...] »
Allow students to explore historical events through multiple perspectives [...] »
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Using primary source images to help English Language Learners build [...] »
Explore a lesson, designed especially for English Language Learners, that [...] »
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Engage your students in preserving local history! Use this teacher's [...] »
Looking for ways to use fiction in your elementary history curriculum? Read [...] »
This guide traces the history of ideological visa denial to explore [...] »
Ticket stubs. Report cards. Photographs. All of these things have historical [...] »
Teachers guide students to create interactive digital maps detailing the [...] »
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Looking for history right where you are. You'd be surprised how inspiring [...] »