Teaching Strategies Resources

This section contains pedagogical resources, as well as classroom ideas, related to best practices in social studies education.  

Teaching with Textbooks:

"Questioning Textbook Authority"
From the National History Education Clearinghouse, Center for History and New Media

Reading Primary Sources:

"Document Analysis Worksheets"
From the National Archives and Records Administration

"Making Sense of Maps"
From History Matters, the U.S. History Survey Course on the Web

"Political Cartoons in the History Classroom"
From the National History Education Clearinghouse, Center for History and New Media

Literacy in the Classroom:

"Enhancing Social Studies Through Literacy Strategies"
From National Council of the Social Studies

"Children's Literature Resources – Economics"  
From Minnesota Council on Economic Education