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Generate spirited classroom interactions with carefully selected, primary and secondary source materials.

Powerful social studies content that focus on primary sources and document based questions

MindSparks produces content-rich units that use primary source materials to promote visual literacy, historical thinking, classroom discussion, small-group interaction, and individual student research projects. In addition to written documents, the curriculum units employ editorial cartoons, photos, paintings, poster art, and other visuals to generate spirited yet carefully ordered classroom interactions.

Explore our compelling sets for U.S. and world history

Common Core Assessments

The Historian's Apprentice

Debating the Documents

History Unfolding

The Inquiry Arc in History

History vs. History

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