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Students learn about the sixteenth president's relationship with Jewish [...] »
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Graphic organizers are helpful for students with limited English proficiency [...] »
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Engage your students in preserving local history! Use this teacher's [...] »
Are classroom discussions about winning the argument or about understanding [...] »
Help your elementary school students get more out of historical biographies [...] »
Political cartoons are often conceptually complex, but offer valuable [...] »
Hypothesize, test, and acknowledge how sources form different "pictures of [...] »
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