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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
Photo, Chinese. . . , 1917, Chicago Daily News, Chicago Historical Society

Imagine your life in 19th and 20th-century Chicago with this extensive [...] »

Website Reviews

Peruse every edition of the "official newspaper" of the U.S. Army fighting [...] »

Best Practices

Teaching in Action

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

Using Primary Sources
photography, Statue of Captain Parker, 1902, Detroit Photographic Co, LOC

See this Flash movie for a peek at how historians read and question sources [...] »

History Quiz

Have you had your shots? Which childhood diseases do these public health announcements address?

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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! | [...] »