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Spotlight on Elementary Education
Lesson Plan Reviews
Through the lens of documents concerning the Iran-Contra Affair, this lesson [...] »
Did the Chinese discover America before Columbus? How would or does this [...] »
English Language Learners
Paraphrasing and summarizing exercises help ELL students improve at [...] »
Learn about SQ3R, a note-taking system for English Language Learners to help [...] »
Teaching Guides
Teach your students to read like a historian with this guided four-step [...] »
Primary sources from the Library of Congress help students explore a [...] »
Setting up and maintaining a blog for your classroom is easy (and typically [...] »
Help students understand the how religious beliefs shaped Americans' [...] »
Hypothesize, test, and acknowledge how sources form different "pictures of [...] »
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What's in a brain? Quite a lot actually! Discover how brain research relates [...] »