 Have you ever wondered how to teach about the lives of young immigrants in 19th century America? How to help students understand the differences between primary and secondary sources? Or how to find new ways to talk about diversity and immigration in your classroom? Teachinghistory.org is a rich resource for teaching about America's past that can help you with all of this and more. Explore current best practices. Find primary sources and classroom activities and discover resources and strategies for teaching history in new, exciting ways. Let's take a closer look at three sections. History content, teaching materials, and best practices. Are you looking for new websites? Click on history content and then website reviews to find primary sources and teaching strategies for your classroom. Let's say you're teaching about America before the Civil War. Browse websites by time period and enter a keyword to narrow your results. The Oakland Museum of California presents rich material on the quest for gold in the West, including virtual tours, primary sources, and middle school lesson plans. There's gold in them there hills presents a less well-known story of gold mining in Georgia in the same period. Hoping to use more multimedia in your classroom or to learn more about a complicated topic? Search history and multimedia to find everything from a podcast about cooking on the Illinois frontier to an electronic field trip on transportation in the U.S. to a panel discussion on the influence of Irish Americans on American culture. Related content highlights relevant material from across the site. Watch video of teachers in action as their students engage with primary sources and learn historical thinking. These eighth grade students are exploring immigration and identity through photographs and letters. Teaching with textbooks shows creative ways to engage with the tools already at your fingertips. Opening up the textbook or out uses the textbook as one source among many. Students compare their textbook with a source that presents another perspective and ask questions about how we understand the past. You can try this with a lesson plan on the Spanish American War. Teaching guides cover many topics from crafting field trips to blogs in the classroom. This guide helps you make primary sources accessible to all readers. Lesson plan reviews provide good models and a rubric for assessing what a lesson does well and where it needs improvement. Keep exploring teachinghistory.org to find many other features. Learn how to use free digital tools in professional development. Visit the blog or follow us on Twitter for the latest content and resources. Ask a historian when you have a puzzling or interesting question. Or ask questions of a master teacher or a digital historian. Whether you're curious about content or methods, teachinghistory.org can help you find what you're looking for.