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Stanford University

Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Evaluating Sources

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Are all historical sources equally trustworthy? How might the reliability of a historical document be affected by the circumstances under which it was created? In this activity, students sharpen their...
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Stanford University

Sheg:document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: New Deal and World War Ii

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An inclusive unit on the New Deal and World War II with lessons about Social Security, the Zoot Suit Riots, the Dust Bowl, Mexican migration in the 1930s, the atomic bomb, Japanese internment, and the...
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Stanford University

Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Great Awakening

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students solve a problem surrounding a historical question by reading primary source documents. This historical inquiry instructional activity about the Great Awakening allows students to critically...
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Stanford University

Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Homestead Strike

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students solve a problem surrounding a historical question by reading primary source documents. This historical inquiry lesson allows students to use the historical thinking skills of corroboration,...
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Stanford University

Stanford History Education Group: The Middle Passage

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson plan on the Middle Passage includes PowerPoint presentation and primary source documents from which students explore original material.
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The History Cat

The History Cat: Roanoke: The Mystery of the Lost Colony [Pdf]

For Students 4th - 8th
Read about the lost colony of Roanoke, examine the evidence, and devise theories as to what may have happened to the colonists in 1590.
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Education Development Center

Center for Children and Technology: Picturing Modern America

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of visual resources designed to engage learners in historical thinking; that is, learning to think like historians. Activities and visuals focus on a forty-year period in American history, from 1880 to 1920, making relevant a...
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: Evan Turiano, Teaching Fiction in Immigration History

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on using fiction to teach immigration history. Including fiction like Atticus Lish's 2015 novel, "Preparation for the Next Life" can meaningfully enrich a history seminar. A critical analysis of the novel introduces...