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The Teacher’s Guide to Helping Students Analyze Political Cartoons
Cartoons can sometimes make a serious point.
Investigating Personal Primary Sources with Elementary Students
Where do you find elementary school historians? The answer can be right in your digital classroom!
Opening the Window to the Past: Evaluating Sources and Using Evidence in Social Studies Classrooms
As teachers, we all want a way to make history a fun and engaging subject for our students.
Cemeteries: Primary Sources for Much More Than Famous Dead Guys
Cemeteries are trendy destinations.
Symbol Scavenger Hunt: Hands-on Activities for Political Cartoon Analysis
Interpreting political cartoons can be a real challenge for many students in the classroom.
Using Etiquette Lessons to Discuss Culture and Analyze Primary Sources
Etiquette comprises rules to follow and manners expected of a person in social or professional situations.
How to Teach Students to Identify Bias in a Primary Source
Early in the school year, students often ask me, “why do I need a history class?” They go on to say they know why science, math, and English are taught, but they don’t know why they need to learn so many random dates and historical facts.
Make Your Social Studies Lessons Place-Based with Primary Sources
Are you searching for ways to make your social studies lessons relate to the lives of your students? Make memorable connections between national trends in history, economics, culture, politics, and geography with these place-based primary sources.
How to Design Your Own Thematic, Document-Based History Units
More and more often, history teachers are being asked to structure their curricula thematically as opposed to chronologically, in hopes of increasing student engagement and facilitating comparison among multiple perspectives.