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Spotlight on Elementary Education
Lesson Plan Reviews
Young students locate themselves on a map and explore spatial relationships [...] »
An interactive exploration of the decisions Abraham Lincoln had to make [...] »
English Language Learners
Explore resources on the Bracero guest worker program from the mid-20th [...] »
Explore materials on the Latino experience in New York from 1861 to the [...] »
Teaching Guides
Primary sources from the Library of Congress help students explore a [...] »
This guide consists of curated primary and secondary sources to help [...] »
Help students better understand the history behind the term "Manifest [...] »
Using primary sources from the Library of Congress, help students reconsider [...] »
This teaching guide includes a structured guide to explaining the case [...] »
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What is contingency? What does it have to do with K-12 historical thinking [...] »