Inquiry, primary-source based lessons at your fingertips

The Stanford History Education Group creates some of the smartest, best curricular material out there. They have twenty-five new Reading Like a Historian lessons, 24 new History Assessments of Thinking, and twelve newly revamped lessons--all for free (although you do have to register.) Among the available lessons is this one on the Carlyle Indian Industrial School. Like all SHEG lessons, this high school lesson asks students to engage in a historical inquiry by analyzing primary sources from different points of view to answer a guiding question (in this case "what was the purpose of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School.)

If you teach middle or high school, and don't use SHEG's resources, I encourage you to take a moment and browse their site. You'll like what you see.