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Use this essay on Jewish immigration to flesh out a unit on the Civil War or [...] »
Help students think about where evidence for history comes from.
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Help English learners understand basic concepts with this interactive tool [...] »
Discover how to teach English learners history and historical thinking.
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Ticket stubs. Report cards. Photographs. All of these things have historical [...] »
Help students understand the how policy and structural forces have shaped [...] »
Help your elementary school students get more out of historical biographies [...] »
Political cartoons are often conceptually complex, but offer valuable [...] »
Documents are riddled with difficult vocabulary. Don't be afraid to adapt [...] »
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