Thinking like a historian : rethinking history instruction : a framework to enhance and improve teaching and learning / Nikki Mandell and Bobbie Malone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mandell, Nikki.

Contributor:

Malone, Bobbie, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History--Study and teaching.

History.

United States--History--Study and teaching.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Madison, Wisconsin] : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, [2007]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thinking Like a Historian will help you bring history to your classroom and reenergize your teaching of this crucial discipline in new ways. A group of experienced Wisconsin historians and educators, representing elementary through university levels, developed and piloted this framework. The Thinking Like a Historian charts which are the centerpiece of Thinking Like a Historian were created by condensing into simplified and easily remembered language the combined expertise of the historical profession as expressed in the published standards of the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, the National Council for History Education, the National History Standards and state standards for Wisconsin and California. Thinking Like a Historian is the fruit of our thinking and practice grounded in the highest standards of the discipline--designed to stimulate your own thinking, planning, and teaching. Adapt or draw inspriration from the examples for engaging and effective lessons and classroom activities. Return again and again to the common language of Thinking Like a Historian as a foundation that can connect and develop students' curiosity about and understand of history throughout their school years. As history educators we wholeheartedly embrace the responsibility and opportunity to guide the next generation to think more deeply about the past--to think like historians.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""1. History Does Matter""; ""Why Does History Matter?""; ""Learning History � Making Sense of the Past""; ""What Should Students Learn? What Should I Teach?""; ""2. Thinking Like a Historian: Elements of Historical Literacy""; ""How Do We Know? � Historical Process""; ""Historical Categories of Inquiry""; ""3. Teaching Historical Literacy: What Does It Look Like?""; ""Curriculum And Lesson Planning""; ""Curriculum Planning""; ""Choosing Historical themes � The Big Picture""; ""Unit Planning: Deciding What to Teach""; ""Lesson Planning - The Little Picture""

""Making History Engaging AND Meaningful""""Evaluating Pre-existing Lessons""; ""Selecting Sources for the Classroom""; ""Classroom Practice""; ""Classroom Activities: What Works? Cautions and Pitfalls""; ""The Art of Asking Historical Questions""; ""Asking Questions to Promote Student Learning""; ""Teaching Students to Ask Historical Questions""; ""Analyzing Historical Sources""; ""Developing Understanding""; ""Assessing for Understanding""; ""Parting Thoughts""; ""Resources""; ""Finding Teaching Materials and Resources""; ""Professional Development Opportunities""

""Documents Cited in this Guide""""Glossary""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-114).

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 10, 2013).

ISBN:

0-87020-483-1