Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
Teaching History: Doing History Is Like Solving a Mystery!
Use this interactive poster to explore how students understand history and find resources about teaching historical thinking to students.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Bridging World History: Rethinking the Rise of the West
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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Digital History
Digital History: Why Do People Fight? The Causes of the Civil War [Pdf]
Throughout the years since the end of the Civil War, historians have been weighing in on the causes of that terrible time in the history of the United States. Interpretations have changed over the generations. Read the questions that...
Digital History
Digital History: An Intro to the Study of History: The Four Questions [Pdf]
How does one study history? Find four basic questions that historians use to examine events in an effort to explain them and put them in historical context. By examining the Battle of Lexington and Concord, students can practice using...
Digital History
Digital History: Social Class in Colonial America [Pdf]
By examining primary sources such as diaries and tax records, and a chapter from a secondary source, learn about the social classes apparent in colonlial America. Suggested student exercises guide crtitical thinking assessment of the...
Digital History
Digital History: Historians on the Causes of the American Revolution [Pdf]
Read how the understanding of the causes of American Revolution has been portrayed over years by reading excerpts from writings of 19th and 20th century historians. The suggested student exercises are excellent and ask students to use...
Digital History
Digital History: The Founding Fathers' Motives [Pdf]
Read some historians' views about the Founding Fathers and their interests, perhaps economic, in writing the Constitution. Historians' views have changed over time, and in the suggested student exercises, students are asked to assess...
Library of Congress
Loc: Immigration and Migration:today/during the Great Depression
Students address these questions through activities using oral history methods and investigating life in the 1930s. They compare the immigration/migration experiences of their families to those of people living through the Great...
Library of Congress
Loc: Immigration and Oral History
The primary goal of this activity is to give students the genuine experience of oral history in order to appreciate the process of historiography. We identified immigrants in our community who reflect the ethnic diversity of our student...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: More Amazing Americans: A Web Quest
In this lesson plan, students will consider "More Amazing Americans: A WebQuest." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab. A few of the famous Americans include Leonard Bernstein,...
Cynthia J. O'Hora
Mrs. O's House: History Facts and Fictions
There are many versions of historical events, people, and places. This PBL offers an opportunity to students to actively explore a disputed event or urban myth to decide which version they will argue in favor of with supporting evidence.
Other
Student's Friend: A Guide to Teaching World History and Geography
This site discusses the nature and practice of history: what is it, how can it be useful for students and more.
Other
Timelines for Fun and Understanding
The Southeast Idaho Homeschool Association provides tips and ideas to use timelines and make them fun when teaching. Also explains different types of timelines.
Digital History
Digital History: History of Private Life an Overview
Digital History provides a look at various cultures and traditions of mankind through the ages. Discusses the purpose and values of the private life.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: You Be the Historian
Exercise involves learners in figuring out what life was like two hundred years ago for the colonial American Springer family by examining objects and documents they left behind.
Ohio Test Prep
Ohio Test Prep: Module 1: Historical Thinking and First Ohioans
Test preparation module with materials for students to learn, practice and test their skill on historical thinking and Ohio history. Includes timeline, primary and secondary sources, video, interactive games and a student review guide.
Ohio Test Prep
Ohio Test Prep: Module 1: Historical Thinking: Timelines and Chronology
Ohio state test practice material on Historical Thinking provides specific information on the use of Timelines and Chronology in studying history. Module includes video tutorial, interactive review games, and assessment.
Ohio Test Prep
Ohio Test Prep: Historical Thinking and Historic Documents
Learning module prepares students for the Ohio state tests in Social Studies. Module 1 contains resources for learning about historical thinking and historical documents. Includes video tutorials, interactive practice and review, and...
University of California
History Project: Process of Historical Investigation [Pdf]
Outlines the process of historical investigation for students by teaching them the steps of research, analyzing evidence, and making interpretations.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Chicago's Black Metropolis: Understanding History Through a Historic Place
Online lesson plan to teach the concept of historical understanding by studying how a community changes over time. In this case, we look at the South Side of Chicago and ask, What happened here? Why did this place change? How am I...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Metkids: Time Machine
Pick a time period, place, and idea, then hop in the time machine and explore the museum.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Interpretation in the National Park Service
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.
Able Media
Ablemedia: Unearthing the Lost City of a Burbe Suburbe
This site is provided for by Ablemedia. Unique simulation activity where students "Discover," an ancient city and complete tasks to compile a history of the city and finally create a 3-D model of the city. Could be adapted for many...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Graphic Organizer: History Frame
[Free Registration/Login Required] This graphic organizer can be used to help students analyze historical events, key players, outcomes and theme or lesson learned.