History Learning Center

Activities

Investigate together, then make your own evidence-based response.

49 · Activities

Activities

Storyboard a change

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Storyboard a change
Activities

Summarize with evidence

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Summarize with evidence
Activities

Four-question inquiry

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Four-question inquiry
Activities

Vocabulary in context

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Vocabulary in context
Activities

Primary-source detectives

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Primary-source detectives
Activities

Socratic seminar

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Socratic seminar
Activities

Philosophical chairs

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Philosophical chairs
Activities

Hexagon thinking

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Hexagon thinking
Activities

Civil discourse

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Civil discourse
For teachers

Analyze your TEKS

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Analyze your TEKS
Activities

Holidays have histories

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Holidays have histories
Week 01
Maps & places

Map our community

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 02
Time & change

Then and now

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 03
Sources & evidence

Look before you infer

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 04
Civics & choices

Needs and choices

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 05
Time & change

Founding documents

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 06
Maps & places

A route that works

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 07
Sources & evidence

Two witnesses, two moments

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 08
Time & change

Objects tell stories

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 09
Data & patterns

Before and after a flood

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 10
Sources & evidence

Branches and jobs

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 11
Civics & choices

Trade and resources

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 12
Time & change

Transportation changes

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 13
Time & change

Texas: a document in time

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 14
Sources & evidence

Whose voice is missing?

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 15
Civics & choices

A community budget

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 16
Maps & places

Maps are models

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 17
Time & change

Freedom and law

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 18
Data & patterns

Do the counts support it?

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 19
Sources & evidence

Fact or claim?

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 20
Time & change

When the market moves

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 21
Sources & evidence

Rights in a document

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 22
Maps & places

Resources and settlement

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 23
Data & patterns

A fair comparison

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 24
Civics & choices

Public spaces for everyone

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 25
Time & change

Voting rights over time

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 26
Sources & evidence

New evidence, new thinking

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 27
Maps & places

Time and distance

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 28
Data & patterns

Population and patterns

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 29
Sources & evidence

A rule and its purpose

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 30
Civics & choices

Preserve a place

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 31
Time & change

Dates do not prove causes

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 32
Sources & evidence

Sources have purposes

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 33
Data & patterns

A change with tradeoffs

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 34
Time & change

Evidence breakout

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 35
Maps & places

Design a classroom community

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 36
Sources & evidence

Tell the story responsibly

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Week 37
Data & patterns

Show your growth

20–25 minutes · paper or discussion

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Use alongside your grade's history units. This is a year of thinking practice, not a replacement for required content instruction.