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Teaching with Textbooks
Lessons in which students compare secondary sources are a challenge for me to set up. This entry about comparing textbook accounts helped a lot!
—Anonymous
9-12 Resources
Pre-1865
Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record 
Showcases more than 1,230 images depicting the enslavement of Africans, the[...] »
American Indian Women 
Different kinds of power in different cultures. Perceptions of dignified and[...] »
Post-1865
Freedom's Story: Teaching African American Literature and History 
Slavery, Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Movement—you have to teach these[...] »
Close Reading of a Primary Document 
On the website Historical Thinking Matters, a student reads aloud a[...] »
Classroom Tools
Historical Thinking & Literacy
Especially for Teachers: Annenberg Media's Online U.S. History Textbook
Here's a digital textbook for teachers packed with resources.
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Using Technology
Primary Source Sets on the Web
Check out these sites for primary sources grouped into sets by topic, grade-[...] »