Why Historical Thinking Matters

Watch this Flash movie for an introduction to four key historical reading strategies. Learn one way to frame historical thinking for your students and teach primary source analysis.
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Examines 19th-century children in America: what they read, what was written about them, and what was written for them.
1804 Inventory

What can an inventory tell you about daily life in Delaware in 1804? Curator Barbara Clark Smith asks this document four …