Historical thinking skills, according to the U.S. National Standards for History, differ significantly from historical understandings. Historical understandings refer to content-specific knowledge. Historical thinking encompasses the "doing of history," including chronological thinking, historical comprehension, historical analysis and interpretation, historical research, historical issues analysis, and historical decision making. Digital images hold the potential to facilitate these skills and understandings. This article discusses: Using Images in the Classroom; Exploring a Classroom Application; Documenting Local History; and Bringing Historical Thinking into the Future.