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How Academic Historians can be Useful to K-12 Teachers

NCHE

At NCHE conferences , for example, a glance at the program reveals that most sessions focus on an important moment or a major problem in history and offer a strategy to present it in a new way. Our other big project, New American History , under the direction of Annie Evans, addresses the time and confidence challenges in different ways.

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Class Competition Games Your Students Will Love

Active History Teacher

Timeline Races One of my absolute favorite classroom competitions for US History is timeline races. Students race to put unrelated events in order in several mini-timelines. For example, students can race to complete primary source analysis, vocabulary matching, map activities, and more.

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Preparing for a One Day Seminar

Teaching American History

One-Day seminars are the easiest way to engage with Teaching American History in person. For a few hours, teachers can dive into the content of primary source documents through a discussion with colleagues facilitated by a scholar. The post Preparing for a One Day Seminar appeared first on Teaching American History.

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US History Worksheets: Printable and Digital Activities for Kids

Students of History

Our worksheets are perfect for helping students with reading comprehension, preparing for the Regents review or state assessment, pairing with a video like the Crash Course US History series, or with your lesson plans throughout the school year. We even have a set of worksheets devoted just to developing history skills.

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Sean Brennan Leads Bipartisan Reading of the Declaration

Teaching American History

Ohio House members from both sides of the aisle took turns reading the Declaration from its opening, “When in the course of human events,” through its closing pledge of “our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor,” along with the names of its signatories. These events typify Brennan’s creative approach to public service.

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Going to the Source

C3 Teachers

What kinds of tasks are the sources asking the reader/viewer to participate in? If you are having students read a secondary source detailing the events that led Europe into global war in 1914, have them create a timeline of these events in a detailed way so that they understand the sequence of events.

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Resources for Teaching the Presidential Election

Teaching American History

In honor of the Iowa caucus and the impending presidential election, this week’s blog features one of our CDC volumes, The American Presidency. The American Presidency is available for free download from our bookstore. The post Resources for Teaching the Presidential Election appeared first on Teaching American History.