History teaching ideas

History is my passion; I love history! And yet, I really don't like textbooks. Here are 30+ ways to teach history without a textbook, from books to cooking, and more!

Free tutorials and printables resources for fun, hands-on history activities for kids. Includes areas such as ancient history and U.S. history.

10 activities to help middle and high school social studies teachers teach historical perspective plus a free download from History Gal.

10 amazing homeschool ideas to help you teach high school history and enjoy an awesome year with your teens!

I randomly came up with this idea during the last week of school. One of my reading groups had finished their book and project before any of the other groups had finished. Instead of giving them a new book (there was only one week left), I quickly created this template and told them to pick an event in history and research it. I had one boy choose the Vikings, someone else chose the atomic bomb, a girl wanted the great depression, and another student picked the Korean war. I loved that…

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As teachers {esp. k-3} we know how important "Making Words" activities are for our students. The manipulation of the letters and exploration of letter sounds and patterns are skills that all students need {and enjoy}. Which brings me to my next point...... My school is doing a huge "paper cut down" this next year and so we've been brainstorming ideas on how to save paper. Making words takes a new page of paper each time you do it! This folder cuts down on a lot of paper and is easy to make…

Teaching historical thinking skills must be fun, engaging, and meaningful! This is how to do it!

Students become stakeholders in the learning process WITHOUT having to dress up like Benjamin Franklin.

Finish out your history class with a bang with these creative end of the year games! They are a fun way to review history for kids, and many would work for a literature class as well. They are easily adapted for different age groups by requiring different levels of detail and complexity in their responses.…

Teaching history with primary sources is a great way to build your students' historical thinking skills. If you want to bring in more primary sources but don't know where to start, check out these helpful tips to make using primary sources easier in your Middle School Social Studies classroom. #socialstudies #middleschool #historicalthinking #primarysources

A Thing of the Past...Primary Sources for Elementary Students - Help your upper elementary and middle school students better understand primary sources in their social studies and reading lessons and units with this great blog post and FREE download. Your 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students will use the graphic organizer to determine what they see, what they know, and what they still have questions about. Grab it now! {fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth graders, freebie} #MrMault

Do you speak meme? Our students certainly do! I find myself browsing memes more often than I should. I even have a small (but growing) stash of them saved on my phone. A meme is

Teach students how to easily use DBQs in the history classroom #koalacasecurriculum #dbq #apush #ap #annotate #history #class #socialstudies #classroom

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Here are 70 AMAZING primary and secondary source analysis activities you can use in your World History classroom! There's great documents for every unit you're covering with activities that have students analyzing and using critical thinking skills!

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Every year all of our 5th graders participate in our school's Wax Museum program. It is seriously one of the highlights of the entire school year! Here's a run down of how things work: -Students choose a biography on a famous American. -They read the book and complete the American Hero book report. -They design a poster, create a costume, and memorize information about their hero. -For the Wax Museum, the students bring all their stuff and set up in the gym. -We invite our school, parents…

Taking a break from Kahoot, Quizlet etc. is a good thing! Students love to play bingo to review for US History! My students love it! #activehistoryteacher #bingoreview