Students identify a topic, trend, or theme in history. They read and listen to eyewitness accounts of a particular historical era at EyeWitness History or look at cultural artifacts of that era at American Memory to find the specified topic, trend, or theme. (For example, students might look for xenophobia in the literature and art of the 1920s.)

ThinkTank can help students analyze and subdivide research topics for major projects.

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