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Teaching Materials

Teaching Guides

This guide explores the relationship between secrecy and the First Amendment [...] »

Ask a Master Teacher
Photo, Ice 049, March 23, 2010, wcn247, Flickr

Explore tips on challenging gifted high school students, including resources [...] »

History Content

Website Reviews

Compare changing artistic styles, or source images of famous individuals. [...] »

Website Reviews
Photo. Linotype on press car. 1910's. LOC

What American history items do Smithsonian curators like best?


Best Practices

Teaching in Action

A 3rd-grade teacher leads her students through analysis of child labor [...] »

Using Primary Sources

So you don't live near Gettysburg or the Alamo—can you still teach with [...] »

History Quiz

What does the Constitution mean to you? Match each quote to the historical figure whose view of the Constitution it reveals.

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Thinking Like Historians

Interactive Historical Thinking Poster (Elementary)
Historical Thinking Poster Elementary
Find strategies, quizzes, and lessons for teaching historical thinking in your classroom. | [...] »
Interactive Historical Thinking Poster (Secondary)
Historical Thinking Poster Elementary
Find strategies, quizzes, and lessons for teaching historical thinking in your classroom. | [...] »
Civil War Interactive Poster
Historical Thinking Poster Elementary
Get students thinking like historians as they learn about the Civil War! | [...] »