Elementary School Teachers

A 3rd-grade teacher leads her students through analysis of child labor photographs.

Walk through the history of student gardening with documentarian Cintia Cabib, and see how you can use gardens in the …

The qualities that make a piece of history writing “good” or “effective” vary, depending on the purpose and genre. For …

Teach students how to utilize primary sources with this game from Annenberg Media

Looking for a primary source website created especially for elementary teachers?

Whether you use the telephone or Skype, there are a number of ways to contact modern historians.

A comprehensive guide of everything you ever wanted to know about Oregon history, and more!

Introducing your students to primary sources for the first time? Watch fourth-grade teacher Marty MacKenzie guide her …

Bring history to life and protect student identity with personalized speaking avatars.

What does it take to win a presidential campaign? Try it yourself with this online game from iCivics!

Conventional applications of Web 2.0 tools expect students to read and write confidently. First-grade teacher Jennifer …

Advertisements have surrounded us for years. How can you interpret them? Where can you find them?

What are kindergartners expected to know coming out of Head Start? Find out!

Maximize student creativity with these tools that let students create their own cartoons.

EDSITEment: A portal for fun historical learning from grades K-12.

Digitize class surveys and poll student knowledge with this tool.

Even the recent past was very different from the present. Students analyze photos from the 1960s and 1970s to identify …

Spring will be here before you know it! Plan ahead to take advantage of spring professional development opportunities.

Teacher Eva La Mar’s third graders become historians, writers, and videographers as they explore a community site.

Three years in the making, this project of the Tennessee State Museum outlines TN state history from pre-history to the …

What did soldiers do between battles? Sometimes, fought off boredom!

Congratulations to Stacy Hoeflich, the 2011 National History Teacher of the Year!

Catchy primary sources? You bet! With the Library of Congress’s National Jukebox, get your students humming history.

Nonfiction texts are great sources for learning about historical events and figures. However, do fictional accounts also …

Watch 4th-graders analyze cartoons about Virginia and Brown v. Board of Education.

Analyze data from the U.S. Census Bureau in the social studies classroom.

Rwany Sibaja recaps our presentation at the 2011 American Historical Association conference in Boston.

Chances are, you can use blogging in your classroom. Maybe you’re convinced you have too few computers, or too many …

Keep up with your favorite places on the Web with Really Simple Syndication (RSS).

Finding solid data on student learning in history can be a challenge. Here are some places to start.

Curious to discover how to introduce young learners to primary and secondary sources? Click here now!

April 12th will mark the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War. How is your state celebrating?

How can you make history relevant to your students? Social studies/history education professor Anthony Pellegrino …

If you need World War II visuals, this is an excellent place to start searching.

With pocket camcorders, you can direct a class full of filmmakers. Joe Jelen takes a look at these tiny tools.

Trace Virginia’s route to secession in the Civil War with more than 200 primary sources.

U.S. history doesn’t usually have its own place in 1st-grade curriculum. How can you integrate it with other subjects?

How do you teach cultural heroes without simplifying history? First-grade teacher Jennifer Orr takes care to make …

Discover a whole new world of mapping and geography with Google Maps!

An 8th-grade class analyzes letters about the Emancipation Proclamation.

Students are never too young for digital tools—watch first graders use VoiceThread.

Combine maps and a timeline to tell the story of change over time and place with this visual tool!

Map the twists and turns of a process or historical narrative with this charting tool.

Online searching got you down? Try using these tips and tricks in your next search.

In this video (20 min. 49 sec.), educator Silvia Tolisano narrates a comprehensive overview of Skype and its use and …

Facilitate dialogue in the history classroom with this online bulletin board maker.

Liberate yourself from overhead projectors with these versatile pieces of hardware.

Share away on this YouTube-style site for PowerPoint, PDF, and OpenOffice projects.

Discover new classroom possibilities with this easy-to-use video presentation tool.

Google is great, but not always applicable to the history classroom. Discover a whole new world of academic online …

Open up a new world between whiteboards and slides with this presentation tool.

Beyond Google: effective use of search engines takes careful critical thinking.

Discover a whole new world of mapping and geography with Google Maps!

Brainstorm and organize ideas with this easy-to-use visual tool.

In this video (14 min.), UK teacher Simon Botten looks at basics in whiteboard use, aimed at elementary-school teachers. …

Create a lesson, worksheet, or class page, and publish it online right away.

Construct your own short films demonstrating historical thinking.

Bring history to life and protect student identity with personalized speaking avatars.

Keep up with your favorite places on the Web with Really Simple Syndication (RSS).

Find primary sources and the tools to present them to students—in one place.