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Program Awards:
- The National Association for Gifted Children: Outstanding Program Development Award
- The Middle States Council for the Social Studies: Program of Excellence Award
- Three time winner of The New York State Council for the Social Studies: Program of Excellence Award
- Learning Magazine: Teachers' Choice Award
Author Awards:
- Alexinia Y. Baldwin Award
- AGATE's Educator of the Year Award
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Welcome To Exploring History

Exploring History is an award-winning simulations curriculum, developed and co-authored by Andi Stix, Ed.D. and Frank Hrbek, for teachers of Social Studies and Humanities in grades 5-12.

Books

The program includes a wide selection of book titles, each covering a different period in history and includes many support materials designed to make this an educator's top choice.



Exploring History encourages students to simulate historical events, read historical fiction, write persuasive essays, and analyze primary source documents.

  • The Philosophy Behind the Program
    Learn about our multiple perspectives, document-based essays, authentic assessments, national standards, flexogeneous grouping practices and more!

  • Why the Program is Unique
    Our goal is to help engage students in simulation, provide differentiation of instruction; and expose students to multiple perspectives.

  • A Sample Full-Length lesson
    Download a sample full-length lesson from The Civil War book that asks students to help President Lincoln choose a general for the Union Army.

  • Book Contents
    We've spelled out the contents of each book title for your convenience.

  • Virtual Tour
    We'll step you through the program, explain the book's organization, the correlation of Activities to NCSS Standard, management and resources, simulations and activities, and much much more!