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Are you caught between academic advisors and classroom teachers? Feel like you're being pulled in opposite directions? We're here to help.

Advice for the Student Teacher

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Leave your students with intellectually and emotionally significant memories of their own experiences with history.

Truth in Transit: Crafting Meaningful Field Trips

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Photography, And what other pictures say, 191--, Percy Loomis Sperr, NYPL

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Writing Critiques of Primary and Secondary Sources

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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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Organizing History Through Images

In this lesson, students will organize photographs both chronologically and [...] »

Students examine primary sources related to the life of an immigrant girl [...] »

English Language Learners

Instructional strategies and resources for ELL

Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History

Explore mysteries in Canadian history in both French and English.

Reframing English Language Development

Discover how to teach English learners history and historical thinking.

Teaching Guides

Explore new teaching methods and approaches

Comanche Nation and "Manifest Destiny": A Guide for Pre-Service Teachers

Help students better understand the history behind the term "Manifest [...] »

Tramping Through History: Crafting Individual Field Trips

Go forth, and contextualize! Give students the opportunity for solo [...] »

Well-behaved Women [and Men] Seldom Make History

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

Writing to Learn History: Annotations and Mini-Writes

A pen or pencil in your student's hand is an excellent tool for teaching [...] »

History of Higher Education: A Guide for Pre-Service Teachers

Help students understand the different types of universities and colleges in [...] »

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Researching the Mexican American War

Whether you are writing a paper or just curious, here are some great [...] »

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