Quicklinks for Elementary School Teachers
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Teaching with Textbooks
Introduce students to the idea that history shows interpretation, perspective,[...] »
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
K-2 Resources
Content
Picturing the American Revolution [画像:Cartoon, American Revolution Names, 5 August 2008, Jimmie, Flickr CC]
Looking for a creative way to teach the American Revolution to struggling[...] »
Teaching Tools
Independence Daze: A History of July Fourth [画像:Holiday postcard, "4th of July," New York Public Library Digital Gallery]
How has the meaning of Independence Day changed over time?
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3-5 Resources
Pre-1865
Using Maps as Primary SourcesA 4th-grade teacher shows strategies for encouraging and supporting student[...] »
Post-1865
America on the Move, Part One: Migrations, Immigrations, and How We Got Here [画像:Photography, Immigrants just arrived from Foreign Countries, 1904, Underwood and]
Electronic field trips are a great way to engage students without leaving[...] »