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    Private i History Detectives

    Guide elementary students through exciting historical investigations to build content knowledge and critical thinking skills.


    iCivics presents Private i History Detectives, a supplemental K-5 curriculum. Organized by grade level and topic, these whole class mystery-themed units make teaching social studies fun. Help your students put on their historian hats as they develop life-long inquiry skills to solve each mystery. Private i History Detectives is state-standards aligned and easy to use.

     

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    Each Unit includes:

    • Three to four “mystery” themed lessons aligned to state standards and illuminating important and often untold stories.
    • Comprehensive slideshows focused on scaffolded primary and secondary source analysis.
    • Learning objectives, step-by-step teacher instructions, and embedded vocabulary practice.
    • Printable PDFs or digitized student handouts available online through our FREE Kami integration.

    Private i History Detectives is the next evolution of History’s Mysteries, a curriculum created by Laurie Risler and Kelley Brown, who continue to work with iCivics on the development of new resources.

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