Many teachers like to include mini-lessons or differentiated lessons and include the Library of Congress resource,  “this day in history.” The Library of Congress offers two resources that recount what happened on a particular day using the Library’s collections of digitized primary sources:Jump Back in Time (introductory) and Today in History (advanced). Choose the one that best matches your students’ reading levels to build both content knowledge and research skills with primary sources in context.

Here is an example of  the varied reading levels:

• November 5, 1844:  James K. Polk is elected 11th President of the United States (Jump Back In Time(Introductory);Today in History ( Advanced),