The 2009 award winners include books about a pioneer of Native American rights, the challenges faced by migrant families, the Jim Crow era, and the involvement of children in the civil rights movement.
A study of the featured document and painting will give students a greater understanding of the multi-step process of emancipation and the changing relationship that developed between freed slaves and former slave owners.
Studying monuments and the political, ideological, or social perspectives they represent advances students' historical thinking skills while highlighting for them the subjective nature of history.
Teachers and students can bring history to life by donning period clothing or carrying objects common in past eras to engage students and enhance classroom presentations.
While cuts in funding have forced schools to reduce supportive activities like field trips, students can benefit greatly from noteworthy virtual tours, such as those highlighted here.
Interactive Web 2.0 tools are changing the way crises—from earthquakes to blizzards—are being tracked and managed, and everyday citizens are playing a new and important role.
A design experiment illustrates that one way to transform civic learning is to engage young people with civic questions that are timely and relevant to their lives.
The Texas State Board of Education's proposed history standards has once again alerted us to the dangers of having standards developed by political activists rather than scholars.