The featured web-based resources focus on teaching students how to read historical

Despite the urgent need to improve the world history curriculum, disagreements on the subject have divided scholars, educators, and policymakers into different camps at cross purposes with each other.

This set of books offers insight into Canadian aboriginal cultures and the contributions of these groups to the fabric of the nation.

By providing a critical frame through which to study history, essential questions engage students and facilitate deeper thinking about the content under investigation.

Educating students about Holocaust denial enables teachers to reinforce principles of historical inquiry while pointing out the ways in which deniers violate scholarly tenets.

The websites highlighted in this column offer lesson plans, activities, and resources for teaching students to analyze the past and make better decisions about the future.

When a high-ranking politician from the Democratic Republic of the Congo visited a social studies class in Milwaukee, students got a deeper understanding of the political strife and humanitarian crisis in that country.

The featured lesson places students in the role of decision makers as they explore four distinct alternatives for 21st century U.S. foreign policy and then consider their own views.

The documents presented here will help students imagine Baghdad at its height as a hub of civilization under the Abbasid Empire.

Podcasts may be useful in the classroom, but teachers need to consider the instructional purpose andcontext within which they areused.