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An interactive exploration of the decisions Abraham Lincoln had to make [...] »
Use this essay on Jewish immigration to flesh out a unit on the Civil War or [...] »
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Explore the music of Spanish-speaking residents of rural Northern New Mexico [...] »
Using primary source images to help English Language Learners build [...] »
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Help students better understand the history behind the term "Manifest [...] »
Teach students to explore contingency with this great lesson plan idea.
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Hypothesize, test, and acknowledge how sources form different "pictures of [...] »
Maps show far more than how to go from point A to point B! Discover how to [...] »
Primary sources from the Library of Congress help students explore a [...] »
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Create scaffolding and careful preparation of documents to promote student [...] »