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What are some of the most significant changes in teaching history over the past 10 years?

A lot of history teaching today looks pretty similar to what was being done 10 years ago, but some major changes also have taken place.

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Lesson Plan Reviews

These reviews point to at least one key element of history instruction that a lesson plan does well. These lesson plans will eventually include commentary by teachers who have tried and adapted the activities for their own classrooms.

Abraham Lincoln

This lesson leads students to see how Lincoln's home and life in Springfield influenced the way he thought about the important issues of the time.

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