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Quick Links for Middle School Teachers

Teacher’s Pick

Website Reviews

Hear 12 renowned speeches by African Americans, including Marcus Garvey's only known recording. [...] »

This site makes a small set of significant speeches by African-Americans accessible in both audio and print. I like the site’s chronological and subject-area breadth and the option to both listen and read to these enthralling speeches!

—Anonymous

6–8 Resources

Pre-1865

Marbury v. Madison

Constitutional or not? Read about this 1803 landmark court case deciding issues of judicial review. [...] »

Whole Cloth: Discovering Science and Technology Through Textile History

What does World War I have to do with your favorite colors? [...] »

Post-1865

Everyday Life in the 19th Century

Wandering through time into our ancestors' attic. [...] »

The Cost of Industrialization

Use the Triangle Shirtwaist fire to examine the benefits and costs of industrialization. [...] »

Classroom Toolkit

Historical Thinking & Literacy

Primary Source Sets on the Web

Check out these sites for primary sources grouped into sets by topic, grade-level appropriateness, and other factors. [...] »

Using Technology

WhatWasThere

Put the past next to the present with this photo-sharing and mapping tool. [...] »

Ask a Historian

What happens when cartoon characters go to war?

Ask a Master Teacher

Create scaffolding and careful preparation of documents to promote student understanding of primary sources.

Ask a Digital Historian

Acquiring a teacher or historian that will speak on the American Revolution and use services such as Skype proves harder than it sounds.

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