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This lesson leads students to see how Lincoln's life in Springfield [...] »
Help students think about where evidence for history comes from.
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Use this strategy to help students discover historic actors—the people, [...] »
Build your students' language skills and historical understanding by using [...] »
Teaching Guides
Thesis statements form the backbone of history essays and DBQs.
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This teaching guide includes a structured guide to explaining the case [...] »
Discover the resources you need to "globalize" your U.S. history lesson [...] »
This guide traces the history of ideological visa denial to explore [...] »
Hypothesize, test, and acknowledge how sources form different "pictures of [...] »
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