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Historical thinking and other unnatural acts : charting the future of teaching the past / Sam Wineburg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wineburg, Samuel S.
- Series:
- Critical perspectives on the past
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History--Study and teaching--Philosophy.
- History.
- History--Study and teaching.
- United States--History--Study and teaching.
- United States.
- Historiography.
- Culture conflict--United States.
- Culture conflict.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- Whether he is comparing how students and historians interpret documentary evidence or analyzing children's drawings, Wineburg's essays offer rough maps of how ordinary people think about the past and use it to understand the present. These essays acknowledge the role of collective memory in filtering what we learn in school and shaping our historical thinking.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 156639855X
- 1566398568
- OCLC:
- 45304687
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