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Spotlight on Elementary Education
Example of Historical Thinking
Historian Allida Black analyzes FDR's April 28, 1935 Fireside Chat. What [...] »
Smithsonian Barbara Clark Smith looks at what a colonial newspaper article [...] »
One institution, two very different perspectives. An expert contrasts [...] »
How did the World War II internment of Japanese Americans happen? Historian [...] »
Can you trust a biography? Historian Tiya Miles analyzes an 1869 biography [...] »
Teaching in Action
High school teacher Joe Jelen combines roleplaying and critical analysis—by [...] »
A 5th-grade teacher teaches historical context through roleplaying [...] »
Using Primary Sources
Improve your historical analysis skills by learning about different types of [...] »
When visiting historical sites, sometimes you need a visual/emotional "hook [...] »
Teaching with Textbooks
Make the most of your textbook—engage students in close reading and analysis [...] »
Turn your students into 'master chefs' by using learning menus that allow [...] »
Show your students how to challenge the authority gap between the textbook [...] »
Turn your textbook into a conversation by scanning its language for biases [...] »
Help students identify with the past via children who lived through the [...] »