Helen M. Joyce

—Bill Ferster, Tom Hammond, and Glen BullRecord numbers of teens are creating their own media online. Producing digital documentaries in the classrooom engages students by tapping into their internet interest while advancing their historical thinking skills.151

The featured lesson places students in the role of decision makers as they explore four distinct alternatives for 21st century U.S. foreign policy and then consider their own views.

The featured classroom-based project enables students to examine historical maps to consider the intentions and effects behind map production and design.

A detailed comparison of the 1918 and 2020 pandemics reveals some striking similarities as well as big differences in health care measures and the federal government response.

The featured 1953 postcards both in support of and against integrating public housing can be used as a springboard for a lesson on segregation in the 1950s and Brown v. Board of Education.

The study of China's ethnic minorities presents students with an opportunity to examine questions of identity as well as civil and human rights.

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The two featured documents can serve as a starting point for a lesson on public service while students debate the amount of pay that public servants should receive.

Providing students with opportunities to think critically about the content they find online can reduce misinformation and polarization.