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Using the premise of a mystery, elementary students act as history detectives as they explore a historical question and formulate and test hypotheses.

Mystery Strategy for Elementary Students

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Regularly assess student understanding, and revise your lesson plans to match the needs of lower level learners.

Lower Level Learners: Teaching Their Way

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This guide consists of curated primary and secondary sources to help students connect environmental history to broader themes in twentieth century US history.

Incorporating 20th Century US Environmental History in the K-5 Classroom

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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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Abraham Lincoln

This lesson leads students to see how Lincoln's life in Springfield [...] »

Evaluating the Validity of Information

Did the Chinese discover America before Columbus? How would or does this [...] »

English Language Learners

Instructional strategies and resources for ELL

Using Visuals to Build Interest and Understanding

Using primary source images to help English Language Learners build [...] »

Bracero History Archive

Explore resources on the Bracero guest worker program from the mid-20th [...] »

Teaching Guides

Explore new teaching methods and approaches

Teaching with Timelines

Construct an ongoing, shared classroom timeline in middle and elementary [...] »

Concept Formation

In order to understand topics, you must first understand concepts. Learn all [...] »

Internationalizing History

Discover the resources you need to "globalize" your U.S. history lesson [...] »

What Is an "Inquiry Lesson"?

Hypothesize, test, and acknowledge how sources form different "pictures of [...] »

Rethinking "Westward Expansion": A Guide for Preservice Teachers

Help students reconsider the how the expansion of the United States from [...] »

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Sifting for Sources

Curious to discover how to introduce young learners to primary and secondary [...] »

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