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Lesson Plan Reviews
Students learn more about the larger than life figure of Theodore Roosevelt [...] »
Help students make connections between religion, technology, and [...] »
English Language Learners
Graphic organizers are helpful for students with limited English proficiency [...] »
Primary sources in both English and Spanish on the Spanish American War, [...] »
Teaching Guides
Using primary sources from the Library of Congress, help students reconsider [...] »
Political cartoons are often conceptually complex, but offer valuable [...] »
Help students understand the how policy and structural forces have shaped [...] »
Hypothesize, test, and acknowledge how sources form different "pictures of [...] »
Are classroom discussions about winning the argument or about understanding [...] »
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Traditional concepts of knowledge and pedagogy view the student as a "fact [...] »