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Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Become a Historical Detective

For Students 3rd - 8th
Search American Memory collections and play the role of a detective in this lesson that seeks to find out if Billy the Kid really was killed by Pat Garrett at Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
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Lesson Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Bridging World History: Rethinking the Rise of the West

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Historical interpretation is subjective, and therefore views on particular movements, such as the western world's rise to power as covered in this unit, can be altered over time by historians.
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eBook
Curated OER

National Park Service: Interpretation in the National Park Service

For Students 9th - 10th
Although this on-line book is from 1986, it can give the student a good perspective of the National Park Service and their never-ending quest to interpret the history that took place on their grounds for the American public.