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lilyPD Information Sheet for School Leaders
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lilyPD Success Playbook
Place-Based Writing | Write Out 2026 Resource Collection
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
How to Study a Mentor Text About a Place (Write Out 2026)
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Annotated Mentor Texts for Writing About Place (Write Out 2026)
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Mentor Texts for Writing About Place (Write Out 2026)
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Engaging our Historical Imagination in Place-Based Writing (Write Out 2026)
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Field Note: Exploring the Language of Place (Write Out 2026)
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Building a City Project Plan & Activities | The Valentine Museum
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Exhibits in the Classroom
Evaluating Information – Applying the CRAAP Test
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Civil Discourse Sentence Stems and Discussion Support for Multilingual Learners
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Civil Discourse in the Classroom
Evidence-Gathering Activity: Am I Done? Evidence Audit Checklist
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Argument Strategy: Claim or Not-a-Claim Game (Older Students)
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Argument Strategy: Claim or Not-a-Claim Game (Younger Students)
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Creating Burnout Proof Schools Resource Collection
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lilyPD Success Playbook
Teaching American History Resource Collection
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The Horizon of Independence
Mini Podcasting Project: Audio Tour of Philadelphia with Teaching American History
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Podcasting for Educators
Mini Podcast Project: Audio Tour of Philadelphia with Teaching American History
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Podcasting for Educators
Mini DBQ: The Declaration of Independence with Teaching American History
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Historical Inquiry in the Classroom
Pinwheel Discussion: Ratifying the Constitution with Teaching American History
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Civil Discourse in the Classroom
Pinwheel Discussion: Ratifying the Constitution with Teaching American History
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Civil Discourse in the Classroom
Literacy Strategy: Explore Word Gaps in Phyllis Wheatley Poems with Teaching American History
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Nonfiction Reading Strategies
The Constitutional Convention: INFER Thinking Routine with Teaching American History
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Artifact Analysis
The Constitutional Convention: INFER Thinking Routine with Teaching American History
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Artifact Analysis
7 Institutional Commitments of Healthy Schools
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lilyPD Success Playbook
One-Minute Arguments with 250 to 250 Slides
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Micro-Project: One-Minute Arguments with 250 to 250
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Argument-Building Practice: Build-an-Argument Gallery Walk
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Argument-Building Practice: Audience Swap
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Argument-Building Practice: Evidence Draft
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Argument-Building Practice: Claim + Evidence + Order
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Argument-Building Practice: Flash Argument
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Learning Progression: Organizing Evidence
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Organizing Evidence by Putting it in Order
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Organizing Evidence with Evidence Buckets
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Learning Progression: Evaluating Evidence
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Learning Progression: Gathering Evidence
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Evaluating Evidence: Ranking Evidence
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Evaluating Evidence: Source Detective
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Evidence-Gathering Activity: Evidence Collector
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Evidence-Gathering Activity: Flash Evidence
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Learning Progression: Crafting a Rebuttal
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Learning Progression: Identifying & Acknowledging Counterclaims
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Sentence Stems for Conceding and Refuting (Older Students)
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Sentence Stems for Conceding and Refuting (Younger Students)
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Pattern, Puzzle, Position Teaching Guide
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Considering Audience: Audience Checklist
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Considering Audience: Build an Audience
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Contextualization Activity: Reading Around a Topic
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Contextualization Activity: SOAPs Analysis
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Contextualization Activity: Inside / Outside Research
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Contextualization Activity: ABCs of Prior Knowledge
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Building Evidence Based Arguments
Media Literacy Strategy: Research before You Reference
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Exhibits in the Classroom
Literacy Strategy: Reveal & Predict the Claim
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Exhibits in the Classroom
Post-Congress of Educators: What Comes Next?
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We the Teachers: Congress of Educators 2026
Historical Inquiry in the Classroom Course Overview
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Historical Inquiry in the Classroom
Nonfiction Reading Strategies Course Overview
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Nonfiction Reading Strategies
The Horizon of Independence Course Overview
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The Horizon of Independence
Civil Discourse in the Classroom Course Overview
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Civil Discourse in the Classroom
Source Snapshot Organizer: See It, Name It, Prove It
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Artifact Analysis
We the Teachers: Recruitment Toolkit
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We the Teachers: Congress of Educators 2026
We the Teacher: Facilitation Tips
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We the Teachers: Congress of Educators 2026
We the Teachers: Group Listing
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We the Teachers: Congress of Educators 2026
We the Teachers: Campus Map
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We the Teachers: Congress of Educators 2026
We the Teachers: FAQ Page
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We the Teachers: Congress of Educators 2026
We the Teachers: Congress of Educators Schedule
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We the Teachers: Congress of Educators 2026
5 Ways to Weave lilyPD into Your School’s PD Ecosystem
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We the Teachers: Congress of Educators 2026
The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
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The Horizon of Independence
The Bostonians Paying the Excise-Man or Tarring and Feathering
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The Horizon of Independence
Tea leaves in glass bottle collected on the shore of Dorchester Neck the morning of 17 December 1773
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The Horizon of Independence
Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street
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The Horizon of Independence
Elementary Primary Source Set: Rising Tensions in America, 1763-1775
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The Horizon of Independence
Elementary Primary Source Set: Life in Early America
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The Horizon of Independence
Secondary Primary Source Set: The Declaration’s Impact, 1776 & Beyond
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The Horizon of Independence
Elementary Primary Source Set: The Declaration’s Impact, 1776 & Beyond
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The Horizon of Independence
Secondary Primary Source Set: Rising Tensions in America, 1763-1775
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The Horizon of Independence
Secondary Primary Source Set: Life in Early America
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The Horizon of Independence
Write a Claim Statement: “Outline It” Claim
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Historical Inquiry in the Classroom
Opening & Closing Routine: Find Your Evidence
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Civil Discourse in the Classroom
Class Opening & Closing Discussion Routines
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Civil Discourse in the Classroom
Graphic Organizer for Analyzing Podcast Arguments
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Nonfiction Reading Strategies
Graphic Organizer for Analyzing Podcast Content
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Nonfiction Reading Strategies
ARMD Question Protocol for Primary Source Analysis
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Nonfiction Reading Strategies
Primary Source Analysis Strategy: DEEP Context
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Nonfiction Reading Strategies
Literacy Strategy: Most Important Sentence
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Nonfiction Reading Strategies
Literacy Strategy: Define the Relationship
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Nonfiction Reading Strategies
Types & Purposes of Nonfiction in Social Studies
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Nonfiction Reading Strategies
Literacy Strategy: Use Text Structure Clues
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Nonfiction Reading Strategies
Literacy Strategy:Use Text Structure Clues
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Nonfiction Reading Strategies
RQI: Facilitating the Question Formulation Technique
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Historical Inquiry in the Classroom
Media Literacy Strategy: Fact Checking
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Historical Inquiry in the Classroom
Media Literacy Strategy: Reverse Image Search
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Historical Inquiry in the Classroom
Researching with Purpose-Driven Inquiry
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Historical Inquiry in the Classroom
Ask Better Questions: Purpose-Driven Inquiry
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Historical Inquiry in the Classroom
Mini DBQ Inquiry Graphic Organizer
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Historical Inquiry in the Classroom
History’s Habits of Mind Course Alignment
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Historical Inquiry in the Classroom
Conversation Cards with Sentence Stems for Civil Discourse
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Civil Discourse in the Classroom
Communicating about Civil Discourse with Classroom Stakeholders
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Civil Discourse in the Classroom
Creating Class Guidelines for Civil Discourse
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Civil Discourse in the Classroom
Aligning Civil Discourse to Curriculum
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Civil Discourse in the Classroom
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