Examines how the Virginia Historical Society's Teachers' Institute helps teachers to encourage their students to think like historians. Teachers attending the Institute develop a teaching unit based on primary source documents held by the Historical Society. Later evaluations revealed a positive impact on the teachers' effectiveness. (MJP)

Reports on the procedures, standards, and topics involved in the 1997 National History Day. National History Day is a year-long contest where students research primary sources and prepare papers, projects, performances, and media based on a historical theme. The 1997 theme is "Triumph and Tragedy in History." (MJP)