Reinventing my classroom : making historical thinking reality -- Introducing historical thinking : Nat Turner's Rebellion of 1831 -- Text, subtext, and context : evaluating evidence and exploring President Theodore Roosevelt and the Panama Canal -- Using the Rail Strike of 1877 to teach chronological thinking and causality -- "Revolution in the air" : Using the Bonus March of 1932 to teach multiple perspectives -- Continuity and change over time : Custer's last stand or the Battle of the greasy grass? -- Long or short? : using the civil rights movement to teach historical significance -- Trying on the shoes of historical actors : using the Truman-MacArthur Debate to teach historical empathy -- How am I supposed to do this every day? : historical investigations versus sleep -- Overcoming the barrier to change.

Includes bibliographical references and index.