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Presents an article on teaching the Age of Empire at the California State University in San Marcos, California. Interest of the students in the topic; Teaching methods used; Information on how the discussion of secondary sources were began; Documents with effective impact on the students' thinking.

The article offers information on a website which focuses on the teaching of history. It states that this website is co-directed by Sam Wineburg of Stanford University in Palo, Alto, California and Roy Rosenzweig of George Mason University. This site enables teachers to download four investigations, or lesson plans on the Spanish-American War, Social Security, Rosa Parks, and the Scopes Trial. Moreover, each unit has all teacher and student materials and a downloadable film clip showing the teaching methods, the skill and content standards from Texas and California and fiver others states in the United States.

The article underscores the topic on history in the Wikipedia entitled "Historical Thinking." It states that the article has links to The National Center for History in the Schools at UCLA. This also includes a five-part definition of historical thinking. These are chronological comprehension, historical comprehension, historical research capabilities, historical analysis and interpretation, and historical issues-analysis and decision-making. Moreover, the article has other links to good information resources for teachers and methods of teachers in teaching history.