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Introductory Videos  click on an image below to watch a video

What is Historical Thinking?
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Elementary Introduction
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Middle School Introduction
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High School Introduction
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Digital Classroom
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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 [...] »

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History Content

Website Reviews
Image, Jefferson's Blood: The Jefferson Enigma, WGBH educational foundation.

Learn about Jefferson's forgotten descendants, children of his slave [...] »

Website Reviews
MADAM C. J. WALKER Founder of The Madam C. J. Walker Mfg. Co.

Search over 200 prominent African American scientists.


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Best Practices

Examples of Historical Thinking

Watch Suzannah Niepold guide TAH teachers through analyzing the differences [...] »

Using Primary Sources
Photo, ". . . Texas-New Mexico Pipeline Company. . . ," 1972, Hiser, Flickr

Virginia Tech’s short video shows how to analyze primary sources and put [...] »

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History Quiz

The Many Roots of African American Cooking

Africa, Europe, and North America—mix, and serve. Explore the foods that African Americans developed in the colonies, and later in the nation.

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Digital Classroom

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! | [...] »