Three key strategies can help teachers implement successful projects in world history.

Students will gain a much broader understanding of World War I by studying the Battle of Gallipoli—its outcome and effects—from multiple perspectives.

In this local history project, students in Turkey learned about global history and current events while exploring centuries-old trees still living in their urban environment.

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

The emphasis on historical thinking skills in history education hasn’t lived up to its potential: without useful knowledge there can be no useful thinking.

Recognizing the role that emotions have in shaping major decisions, including political loyalties, can help students engage in difficult conversations and better understand those with whom they disagree.

A former baseball coach transfers strategies for building a team-oriented winning culture on the field to promoting academic excellence in the AP European History classroom.

Ken Burns’s film Defying the Nazis offers teachers an opportunity to enrich students’ thinking about the U.S. response to Nazi Germany and the Holocaust.

In this installment of our newest column, a classroom teacher asks how to engage students in informed action when studying the distant past or ancient history.