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Labor Unions in the Cotton Mills 
Introduce students to the importance of oral history while simultaneously [...] »
Three Perspectives on Native American Removal and Westward Expansion 
Check out this lesson on arguments surrounding the 1830 forced removal of [...] »
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Instructional strategies and resources for ELL
Increasing Participation in Whole-Class Discussions 
English Language Learners often have difficulty contributing to class [...] »
The Struggle for Time: Using Persuasive Essays to Teach Elementary History 
From chanting to formal essay framing—discover creative ways to frame ELL [...] »
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9/11 and Commemoration: A Guide for Pre-Service Teachers 
Help students understand the events of 9/11 and how such events are [...] »
Four Reads: Learning to Read Primary Documents 
Teach your students to read like a historian with this guided four-step [...] »
Document-Based Whole-Class Discussion 
Classroom discussions need not be argumentative and unproductive. Discover a [...] »
Housing and Houselessness: A Guide for Pre-Service Teachers 
Help students understand the how policy and structural forces have shaped [...] »
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Constructivism: Actively Building Knowledge 
Traditional concepts of knowledge and pedagogy view the student as a "fact [...] »