Doing History: Investigating with Children in Elementary and Middle Schools

ISBN-13: 9781032016948 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 240 str.

Opis

This edition offers a unique perspective on teaching and learning history in the elementary and middle grades. Through case studies of teachers and students in diverse classrooms and from diverse backgrounds, it shows children engaging in authentic historical investigations, often in the context of an integrated social studies curriculum.

Spis treści

1 Past, Present, and Future: The Sociocultural Context for Studying History;  2 It’s Not Just a Mishap: The Theory Behind Historical Inquiry;  3 There Aren’t a lot of "For Sure" Facts: Building Communities of Historical Inquiry;  4 To Find out Things We Didn’t Know about Ourselves: Personal Histories;  5 Tell Me about Yourself: Linking Children to the Past through Family Histories;  6 "I Think Columbus Went to Hell!" Connections and Controversies in World History;  7 Camel Dies, Lose Three Turns: Scaffolding Inquiry into World History;  8 Rats in the Hospital: Creating a History Museum;  9 I have no Experience with This! Historical Inquiry in an Integrated Social Studies Setting;  10 Why Isn’t That in the Textbook? Fiction, Nonfiction, and Historical Thinking;  11 Oh, Good! We Get to Have…A Reasoned Discussion: Putting Conflict in Context;  12 In My Opinion, it Could Happen Again: How Attitudes and Beliefs have Changed over Time;  13 Nosotros La Gente: Honesty and Diversity in U.S. History;  14 The Arts Make Us All Part of Humankind: Cognitive Pluralism in History Teaching and Learning