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Zoom In is a free, Web-based platform that helps students build literacy and historical thinking skills through "deep dives" into primary and secondary sources. Zoom In's online learning environment features 18 content-rich U.S. history units that supplement your regular instruction and help you use technology to support students' mastery of both content and skills required by the new, higher standards: Reading documents closely and critically Identifying author's point of view and purpose Engaging in higher-order, text-based discussions Writing explanatory and argumentative essays grounded in evidence

A way to teach students how to develop historical questions. This is the beginning of a multi-step research paper process that encourages sophisticated historical thinking